"I trust him".

[cat_kind]

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> >kmc adds:
> >The failure of the Occlumency is due to a trust issue but Harry is 
> >the guilty party here not Snape?
> 
> catkind: 
> I'm undecided as to whether Harry has let down anyone's trust in 
> him. If so, whose?
> 
> 
> Julie: 
>snip< 
> As for Harry, one could certainly say he betrayed Snape's trust
> by sticking his head where it didn't belong. That's true even if
> Snape wasn't consciously "trusting" Harry not to delve into the
> pensieve, but simply didn't think to retrieve the memories before
> he left to deal with Montague. Harry's action is wrong, and he
> knows that very well, hence the justifications to himself.
>snip<

catkind:  Okay, I'm still trying to think how we define trust.  I
started with the phrase "trust him with my life".  It has to mean more
that trusting someone not to actively, intentionally do something to
kill you.  Otherwise I trust practically everyone with my life.  On
the other hand, it would be unreasonable to trust someone to do
something beyond their capabilities.  So I ended up with trusting
someone to do everything within their power.  But I would go further
to include some degree of actively entrusting something.  James trusts
Peter to be the Secret Keeper.  Dumbledore trusts Snape with all sorts
of tasks, including keeping Harry safe, when the logical course would
be to throw the ex DE into Azkaban.
  
  It seems to me that no one has trusted Harry with anything at this
point.  Snape certainly does not trust him.  But even those who are
telling him to learn Occlumency - they are not trusting him with the
task, they just have no other option. They don't even trust him far
enough to explain properly why it is important. They are treating him
as a child and telling him what to do, for his own good.  Isn't the
fact that no one blames him for his failure rather an indication that
he wasn't trusted in the first place?  

  I'm not debating that Harry has acted wrongly, especially in spying
on Snape's memories;  but I don't think Snape feels particularly
"betrayed" at Harry's actions, just angry. 
catkind