Snape and Harry again.

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 114103

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> > Pippin:
> > 
> > Again? Oh dear <g>.  There's certainly plenty of ammunition for 
> > those who want to believe that Snape is up to no good and that 
> > Dumbledore deliberately makes himself unavailable just when 
> > Harry needs him most. 
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I was not even saying that Snape is up to no good, although who 
> knows. :)
> 
> I was only arguing that he , IMO, should not be REWARDED in any way 
> for MOM disaster, because he did not do what he was supposed to do 
> from the very beginning of the events and therefore does not deserve 
> the credit of "saving Harry's life", that's all.
> 
> I can give him some credit for his other actions, but really, Snape's 
> saving Harry's life in MOM?
> 
> As I said, I think Harry's friends saved each other and then Harry 
> saved himself at the end.

Carol responds:
Hi, Alla. You've been referring to a post of Neri's on this topic that
I must have missed. Can you by any chance provide me with the message
number?

Now, forgive me for being repetitive because you've apparently been
over this ground, but I missed it, so let me just say that I don't
understand why you're saying that Snape didn't do what he was supposed
to do.

First, he understands the message from Harry that Sirius is in trouble
but he can't communicate that openly to Harry. He makes sure that
Crabbe or Goyle (I don't remember which) stops suffocating Neville.
Then he apparently contacts Dumbledore; somehow finds out where Harry,
Hermione, and Umbridge have gone and follows them into the forest;
somehow finds out that Harry has left the forest and deduces that he's
gone to the MoM; contacts Dumbledore again; then contacts the Order,
telling Sirius to wait for Dumbledore, who is on his way. If not for
Snape, neither the Order nor Dumbldore would have gone to save the
kids. What didn't he do that he should have done?

Sorry to be dense (and for having to skip some posts!).

Carol