Unreliable narrator (Was: Snape's stalling)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 117497


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> Neri:
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> At the risk of repeating my repetitions of myself, I must 
maintain  that my analysis of the night of the MoM battle raises at 
least as  much suspicion against Snape.<

Okay, now I get it. You're saying that Rowling may have hidden a 
clue about Snape in the same manner as I contend she has 
hidden clues about Lupin, and I, in my pro-Snape bias, failed to 
give the possibility due weight.

You could be right, in which case you have discovered a genuine 
red herring (assuming  that Snape is not ESE!) and I take off my 
virtual hat to you.

Of course if  a character points out that it was a far more serious 
fault than Harry imagines for Snape not to go to the forest in 
immediate pursuit, that will only point up that it was a far more 
serious fault  than Harry imagines for Lupin not to tell what he 
knew about Sirius, the map, or the unguarded secret entrance 
into the castle. It will, BTW, emphasize that the narrator  is
unreliable, in not bringing these faults to our attention as they 
occurred.

You see, I really *am* interested in narrative technique, though I 
will admit that sometimes my biases get in the way. 

Pippin