[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape vs. Sirius (was: Snape's Stubbornness)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 127250


--- katevldz <kb1195 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What I don't understand is why some readers readily accept Snape's
> interpretation of said 
> event as being accurate and correct, with little to no
> corroboration of his story. I don't 
> have my books at hand, so I may be forgetting something, but does
> anyone else 
> corroborate Snape's story? 

Well, we've known since Book 1 that Dumbledore said that James saved
Snape's life and by the time we hear the details in POA they
corroborate Dumbledore's earlier words.  The only wrinkle is that
Snape believed that James was in on it but got cold feet instead.  

Also Snape's emotions when he talks about the incident don't strike
me as the response of someone who's consciously lying and therefore
there's no reason not to trust his description of the actual events
although we're free to doubt his description of the
motivations/feelings of James, Sirius et al.

And for me personally, since I encountered the character in POA I
have always thought that Sirius was a jerk and am more than willing
to believe that he was almost criminally thoughtless in setting up
the incident.  

Magda


		
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