Snape and Harry again.

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No: HPFGUIDX 113962

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:

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>>  I do not see how somebody so committed to Our Side that he 
> has Dumbledore's trust, and who  could leave Voldemort's 
> service when Voldemort was *winning,* can be motivated by 
> sheer cruelty.  Saying that Snape is just a nasty man who hates 
> kids and can't tell Harry from James doesn't explain things for 
> me.
> 


Alla:

I DON'T think that Snape is motivated by sheer cruelty as to all his 
actions, or at least I HOPE he is NOT.
I even hope that Snape had some noble (or at least close to noble) 
reasons for leaving Voldemort.

But I definitely think that cruelty is one of his motivations in 
regard to Harry and I don't see how one contradicts another.

I am not saying that Snape is JUST a nasty man who hates kids and 
can't tell Harry from James, but I am definitely saying that he IS a 
nasty man who hates kids and can't tell Harry from James, in 
addition to that character quality, he , IMO has many other 
qualities, some of which I like very much.

Of course, he may turn out to be totally different kind of person at 
the end, you know, decent and noble, but he may also turn out to be 
worse than I imagine him to be - you know, traitor and ESE! after 
all. Too bad we don't know what Snape is thinking. :o)