[HPforGrownups] Why Snape's worst memory?

[Lawrence Carlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 137214

--- greg_a126 <grega126 at aol.com> wrote:

> After HBP, I have to go back to wondering *why* the
> memory we saw in 
> OOtP was Snape's worst.  We know that he stuck 3
> memories into the 
> Pensieve.  He was obviously afraid of Harry doing
> what he did on at 
> least one occasion and get into his head (where he
> saw the memory 
> Snape had of himself watching his parents fight).  

snip
> 
> It seems eminently reasonable to me that the other
> two memories he 
> chose to pull out are the 2 concerning the prophecy;
>  the one where 
> he heard it, and the other where he told Voldemort
> about it.  It 
> stands to reason that eventually Harry was going to
> have to hear the 
> prophecy (it is about him after all) and that when
> he did, he 
> wouldn't appreciate Snape's role in his parents
> death.  
> 
> So since there are 2 memories he's pulling out b/c
> of self 
> preservation, that must mean that the one we saw in
> OOTP is worse 
> than everything else he's ever done in his entire
> life.  No bit of 
> killing muggles, or anything else awful that he did
> while a Death 
> Eater, no amount of abuse from his parents, not the
> time he was 
> nearly killed by a werewolf, not any other time that
> Sirius and James 
> picked on him, this one time was apparently
> infinately worse.  
> 

snip

> greg




Now Larry

Whatever we didn't see must have burned Snape with an
unbearable shame, that morphed into his undying
resentment. And not only for those who commited the
act, but their child, and anyone who, at least in
Snape's eyes, tacitly condoned his shame by a refusal
to impose sufficient punishment; meaning Dumbledore.

Could this have been the catalyst that drove Snape
into the arms of Voldemort? If this makes sense to
anyone beside me, think about this: his worst memory
is of an event that pushed him into becoming a Death
Eater.

So how happy could he be as a DE, if this is indeed
his worst memory? It raises the question that aside
from fanatics such as Bella, do any of Voldemort's
adherants relish their roles as DE?

I would think that for all but the true believers,
their fear of Voldemort rather quickly comes to
outweigh their reasons for becoming DE.

So how loyal, really, are the DE to Voldemort? How
loyal could Snape be to Voldemort if this is indeed
his worst memory?

I have an earlier post, 137202, that may explain why
Snape acted the way he did even if he was not fully
and completely loyal to Voldemort.

Larry 


		
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