Simple!Snape? (Castles in the air?)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 124894


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> 
> >LupinLore wrote:
> That is a good point. However, I'm not sure that Snape's character
> really IS all THAT contradictory. What I mean by that is that human
> beings are very complex creatures, given to all kinds of
> self-contradiction, foolishness, and illogical behavior. Snip Snape 
> comparisons to Patton and Boyington. 
> 
> vmonte responds:
> 
> Ahhh, but Patton was the leader of his men, Snape only works for the 
> leader. It's interesting that you think of Snape as a leader instead 
> of a follower. In a way I agree that Snape seems to be running his 
> own separate agenda--and it's counterproductive to the Order. 
> 

Good point, but I'm not arguing that Snape is a leader in the same
sense as Patton.  I'm just using Patton as an example of a reak
historical personage with contradictions as intense as Snape's. 
That's the point, not that Snape's position in War against Voldemort
is analagous to Patton's position in WWII.

Lupinlore