for whom are the books named?, Re: Possible message in Evil!Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 137070

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ladyljd" <ladyljd at y...> wrote:

> Regardless, I believe JKR will destroy our (mistaken) belief in the 
> depth of the Snape character.  Her hero MUST be proven right at all 
> costs.  Harry is her hero and he has fixed his opinion of Snape 
> after careful thought - and at a very late stage in this story.  He 
> cannot be wrong and remain Our Hero.  Therefore, whatever his 
> actions and/or motives, Snape MUST be proven to be evil through and 
> through.  All of his actions throughout the series can be taken at 
> face value.  There is no more depth to this character.  

Pippin:
But Harry's *never* thought carefully about Snape, or Lupin, 
about what *really* happened the night of the Shrieking Shack or
the night of the tower,    or he'd have as many questions as we do! 

He hasn't, as Dumbledore put it, exercised all of his considerable 
ingenuity or the depth of his cunning. He's judged, as he did from the
first, by appearances, and by feelings. He likes Lupin so Lupin must
be okay; he hates Snape so Snape must be capable of anything.

Well, Harry didn't need seven years of schooling to learn that --
in fact his opinion of Snape hasn't changed much since his first 
day of school. What's the point of it all, if Harry hasn't learned
to *think*?

We learned in PoA that eyewitnesses to murder can get it all wrong.
If Jo wants to have it that Snape is no more guilty of killing
Dumbledore than Harry is, she's left herself plenty of room.

Pippin