It's over, Snape is evil

[Alison D]

No: HPFGUIDX 138192

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" 
<eggplant107 at h...> wrote:
> "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> wrote:
>> 
> Not true, one other person saw Snape kill Dumbledore, the Narrator;
> and in 6 books the Narrator has never EVER been wrong. <snip>

The Narrator has led the reader astray in previous books, but an 
example from HBP can be found on pg. 603 of the US ed.  "But before 
he could finish this jinx, excruciating pain hit Harry: he keeled 
over in the grass.  Someone was screaming, he would surely die of 
this agony, Snape was going to torture him to death or madness -"

It is only once the reader hears Snape's voice a few lines down that 
you become privy to the fact that it was not Snape casting the 
Cruciatus Curse, but in fact another DE.  The Narrator may be third 
person but is subject to Harry's inherent prejudices.  There were 
three known DE's outside, not including Snape, with Harry who were 
capable of casting the spell, but the Narrator led the reader to 
believe it was Snape, though there was only a 1 in 4 chance.  Snape 
spent most of his confrontation with Harry simply blocking Harry's 
spells and not casting any of his own.  The Narrator takes you where 
they want you to go or where you allow yourself to be led.  If you 
choose to say the Narrator has never been wrong - fine, but the 
Narrator has indeed misled the reader, no doubt more than once.

Alison