Snape, rescuing Harry, and occulamency (was: A thought popped in my head one night... )

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Alex said:
> but he draws the line at  leaving
> him to die simply because he doesn't like him very much.<snip>
> Why he doesn't [put aside his feelings to help Harry during
Occulamency]
> is up for grabs

Aura now:

Well, the times Snape did save Harry's life, it was a spontaneous thing.
I see it less about rescuing *Harry* and more about doing his job to
protect a *student*. Hogwarts is a dangerous school, as has been
mentioned; the teachers have to look out for the kids. Snape did make a
sincere effort to attempt to teach Harry Occulamency, but the sense of
rescue or protection in that situation is very far-off and indefinate.
Snape only intellectually knows that Harry knowing Occulamency is,
probably, good for the Order; which is a very different thing than the
emotional reaction of, "Oh, shit, a kid is about to be thrown from his
broom and have his head split open like a melon." 

Plus, Snape only lost his temper after Harry humiliated him by looking
into his penseive. After that, I think Snape's bruised ego -- both over
the memory Harry saw and how Snape behaved afterwards -- plus quite a bit
of resentment prevented Snape from reinstituting Occulamency lessons.

PS: I just looked at a Far Side called Graffiti in Hell, i.e. "Satan is a
nice guy," a smily face with horns with "Satan" arrowed at it, etc, and
Satan looks furious. Replace "Satan" with "Snape" and the pitch fork with
a wand and it's soooo apropo. LOL!

Aura

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