Lupin's resignation and the legacy of hate

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 99720

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Irene 
<irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:
> I'm rereading the PoA (to get the last uncontaminated joy :-) ),
> and I noticed something for the first time:
> Lupin gives two completely different resignation stories to 
Hagrid and  to Harry.<
<snip>
> How poor Harry can achieve a working relationship with Snape 
if  responsible adults in his life (Lupin, and to the much greater 
degree,  Sirius) act as if it's very important for them to pass their 
baggage  with Snape to Harry? Rhetorical question, I know.
> 

Not so rhetorical if Lupin is deliberately using Harry's (and 
Sirius's) hatred of Snape to win sympathy for himself and deflect 
scrutiny from his own actions. 

Hagrid also tells the kids it was Snape who told the Slytherins 
about Lupin, and Lupin also mentions that anyone might have 
been bitten. But Hagrid implies Snape's motive  was that  Lupin 
was loose on the grounds, while Lupin himself says he thinks 
Snape's motive was disappointment over losing the Order of 
Merlin.

  It becomes important to know how quickly the transformation 
wears off and for that we have no canon. It was noon before 
Harry saw Lupin in human form. But we do know that  two of the 
activities Lupin missed during the year --his class and  the 
Quidditch game-- took place in the daytime. 

If Lupin was still transformed at breakfast time when 
Snape made his announcement, that puts quite a different light 
on Snape's actions.  Fred and George aren't the only rule 
breakers in the school. A Slytherin with time on his or her hands 
might well sneak off into the Forest. And Snape believes that 
Lupin tried to kill once before to keep his secret. Remember, he 
believes the "joke" was deliberate murder and that Lupin was in 
on it. 

Pippin
Didn't Rowling tell us to keep our eyes on Snape? He's telling 
the truth, I swear!