Why has DD never suggested Harry thank Snape?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 117345


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hannah" 
<hannahmarder at y...> wrote:
> 
> Lupinlore wrote:
 Yet Dumbledore has never once  suggested  to Harry that he 
should thank Snape for doing so.  In fact, his explanation in  
SS/PS, that Snape was discharging a duty to  Harry's 
 father, pretty much guarantees that Harry won't see Snape is 
 needing/deserving thanks.
> > <snip>
> > Now, why would Dumbledore do this?  

> Hannah: Apologies for the lateness of the reply, but this is one 
of  my favourite topics and I couldn't resist responding to such a 
good  post on it.  DD not only didn't prompt Harry to thank Snape, 
but  virtually guaranteed he wouldn't do so of his own accord.  

Pippin:

I think all the explanations are good, but there's another one. 
Dumbledore wants Harry to feel that just like Snape, he's 
accepted for what he is. Harry needs this desperately, far more 
than he needs to feel "proper" gratitude toward Snape. It isn't so 
easy to change your feelings anyway,  certainly not at 
going-on-twelve.  Rather than feeling grateful to Snape, Harry 
would just have felt inadequate in Dumbledore's eyes for not 
feeling grateful. We saw how devastating that was to Harry at 
fifteen, when he thought his bad behavior had made 
Dumbledore desert him.

Besides, Snape seems to be enough of a legilimens to tell 
when Harry is being sincere. Perfunctory thanks would just make 
things worse.

Pippin