Chapter 29, Career Advice - Broken Potion

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> SSSusan:

snip.

> To test that theory, I found my 8-year-old 
> daughter who's read/listened to OotP 4 or 5 times.  
> 
> "Hey, Kristen."
> "Yeah?"
> "You know that scene in OotP after Harry got into Snape's pensieve 
> and he's in Potions class?  Where he's just turned in his potion 
> vial--"
> "Yeah, and he dropped it on the ground!!"
> "Who's `he'?"
> "Well, duh--Snape!!"
> 
> Is this evidence that I'm right?  Of course not.  But it is 
evidence 
> that the kid's way of viewing this scene is that it's obvious that 
> Snape did it.

Alla:

Oh, Susan, thank you for testing it on your daughter. :o) Believe it 
or not, I think that it matters A LOT. As I said many times, I do 
believe that books are oriented on younger audience in many ways (of 
course, I want to believe that JKR also does not forget about us, 
adults), therefore intuitive reaction of the younger generation is 
often correct in many ways.

As I said I can see Potioncat point, but I also think that this 
action is so very IC for Snape that for me the number one 
possibility is what your daughter said:

"Well, duh - Snape'- I LOVE that line.

Thannks again for posting it.