[HPforGrownups] Re: McGonagall and Lupin's reaction to Harry's story (Was: It's over, Snape is evil

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 138866

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" wrote:
> I also noticed the very swift turning against Snape--suspiciously
> fast, in fact, almost as if it were planned and they were in on
> some secret that they were keeping from Harry
> 
> What exactly is going on here? Why would they turn so quickly 
> against a fellow Order member whom Dumbledore trusted so
> implicitly?


Partly I think it's because they're in shock and in no condition at
the moment to process information unemotionally.  In particular,
McGonagall, Lupin and Hagrid all looked up to Dumbledore as almost
larger than life; his absense will leave a large void in their lives.
 

But I also think it's an indication of how people quickly come to
conclusions without subjecting them to critical analysis.  By the end
of Dumbledore's funeral there will be a strong concensus amongst the
Good Side that Snape was just waiting his chance to escape Hogwarts
and was always bound to turn on Dumbledore.  (Harry's inaccurate
explanation of Dumbledore's words won't help either.)

We've been critical in the past about how everyone could assume
Sirius' guilt in the death of the Potters and Pettigrew, how people
wouldn't insist on a trial or investigation to make sure without a
doubt.  Well, this is one way that kind of group-thinking happens. 
When "everyone knows" what happened, why bother checking deeper?

Magda

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