Why has DD never suggested Snape thank Harry? (Was: Why has DD never suggested H

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No: HPFGUIDX 117479


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Eggplant:
> 
> > I believe this entire thread is misnamed so I changed it. At the 
> > time in question Harry had just saved the entire Wizarding world 
> > (including Snape) from a terrible fate; in fact although he had 
> not 
> > yet reached his 13'Th birthday this was the second time he had 
> done 
> > so. In spite of this Snape continues to treat Harry like dirt; 
> > thanking Snape under those circumstances would be condescending 
> and 
> > grotesque.
> >
I have to disagree here.  It was proven in the first book that Snape 
is looking after Harry.  But does Harry, when everything is over and 
knowing that Snape was not the total evil "git" he had been made out 
to be, thank him for looking out for him?  No, he conveniently 
glosses over that and continues his hatred of Snape (which I will 
fully admit is justified in the treatment he receives from Snape).  
It wouldn't have cost him much to go up to the man and thank him.  
But he doesn't.  So why should Snape go up to Harry and thank him?  
His perception of Harry hasn't changed as he sees a boy who 
disregards the rules and gets away with it because of who he is.

I do think Dumbledore should have prodded Harry to thank Snape, but I 
think he was hoping Harry would do it on his own.  But the Harry I 
have seen throughout these books is somewhat selfish and does think 
himself above the rules.  He justifies his ends forgetting the fact 
that most times he started the whole ball rolling downhill in the 
first place.

I do not think that for Harry to have thanked Snape would be 
grotesque or condescending in any way, shape or form.  It's called 
good manners and regardless of the fact whether Snape has good 
manners or not (and I do think he has some), Harry could have thanked 
him.

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