why I'm loathe to believe that Snape is evil, evil, evil

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 138766

I resist believing this because it makes Professor Dumbledore out to be a  
fool.
 
In Professor Dumbledore's memory of the time Tom Riddle comes to apply for  a 
job as DADA teacher, Tom says that there's no evidence that Professor  
Dumbledore's theory that love is more important is correct. Professor  Dumbledore is 
in fact truly sad that he cannot turn Tom from his pursuit of  evil. 
 
Harry himself is impatient with Professor Dumbledore giving the  young Tom 
Riddle a chance to change. Everyone says that Professor  Dumbledore gives people 
"second chances", "trusts people", and trusts in  personal transformation.
 
In the last hours of his life  Professor Dumbledore  tries to  convince Draco 
Malfoy to choose the right side and come over to the side of  goodness and 
love -- he appeals to Draco's concern -- not just for himself --  but for his 
mother and father.....
 
I guess I could accept that Professor Dumbledorewas wrong about Snape, but  
that his belief in change and transformation are still valid...but the whole  
idea that Snape had fooled Professor Dumbledoreall these years plays into the  
idea that good people are "fools'..and that Albus Dumbledore himself -- the  
greatest wizard of his time -- was really gullible and foolish....
 
I don't like it.....
 
And yet, another question.....what WAS Tom's motivation in applying to  
Professor Dumbledore  for the DADA job? He didn't expect to get it...he  knew Prof. 
DD would turn him down..did he need to physically enter Hogwarts for  another 
reason?
 
 
 
 
 
Susan  McGee
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