[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 28, Snape's worst memory

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 115116

>> 10. What do you make out of Snape's reaction after
>> Pensieve fiasco? Will he ever want to see Harry in his
>> office again?
> 
> Meri: I know I am one of the many who want to know Snape's 
> motivations, but from what I think I understand about him, his 
> reaction was almost out of character. The rage we saw there even 
> seemed to surpass what he displayed in the Shreiking Shack. It 
> wasn't embarrassment what he displayed, or fear that Harry would 
> spread it around, it was plain old rage. Now, yes, Harry was nosy, 
> and shouldn't have poked about where he wasn't wanted, but as I 
> pointed out in an earlier post, Snape was probably told by DD that 
> Harry knows what a pensieve is and would also probably have been 
> told that he might be tempted to look in it. If Snape had any
> brains 
> whatsoever he would have either chivvied Harry out of the office 
> before him, or secured the pensieve in one of his magically
> sealable 
> cabinets and then Harry could never have seen anything. Which leads
> me to the conclusion that Snape may have wanted Harry to see that 
> memory, either to show Harry what a berk his dad could be, or to 
> give Harry a glimpse at the difficulites he himself faced at
> school...


Nope, Snape was in a towering rage because he'd started to trust
Harry - he was realizing that he'd been hasty in assuming that Harry
had a pampered upbringing and he had been feeling some empathy (NOT
liking) for Harry.  For the first time he didn't assume the worst
about Harry and Harry went right ahead and poked his head literally
where it didn't belong.  

And Snape blew a head pipe because his trust had been violated. 
Which is why he gives Harry the silent treatment in future classes -
honestly, doesn't that sound like what Ron did Hermione when he
thought Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers and he thought Hermione was in
the wrong?

He certainly didn't want Harry to see those memories because he
thought Harry would find them funny and would take the same view as
James and Sirius did.  After all, at Christmas time Sirius called him
Snivellus in front of Harry and I'm sure Snape expected that Sirius
would have told Harry all about how they'd harassed Snape at school. 
The last thing he'd want is for Harry to actually SEE them.

Harry's sense of timing definitely needs work.

Magda

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