Secrecy (Was: Re: It's over, Snape is evil)

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 137506

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:

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> It is clear from OOTP that Harry is a poor occlumens and Voldemort 
> could raid Harry's thoughts when he wanted to. Therefore it is 
> imperative that Harry does not know of Snape's mission to ensure that 
> Voldemort does not get wind of it!!

Then why does Dumbledore tell Harry other information that Voldemort 
really needs not to get wind of, like the quest for the Horcruxes?  DD 
specifically tells Harry *not* to tell anyone other than Ron and 
Hermione, meaning that Harry leaves someone as important as McG out of 
the loop; Ron and Hermione also get the ending text of the Prophecy 
shared with them, which is presumably also rather important and still 
desirable.  This is all restricted and important information that 
Dumbledore entrusts Harry with.

Therefore, it is still possible but a weaker argument that Dumbledore 
did not entrust Harry with the information about Snape out of deep 
concern for secrecy.  Thematically, there's a better reason why 
Dumbledore would not have done it; it was something personal between 
Snape and himself, and DD is not the type to share other's secrets.  
Probably a profound emotional oversight, given how deeply those secrets 
affect a number of other people.

-Nora, from a literary perspective, tends to agree with Lupinlore that 
Harry needs to be alone or with Ron and Hermione, not continually 
helped out by Super Spy Snape