Draco's anger (was Snape and Occlumency)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 121802


 
Alla wrote: 
"Ummm, yes, I don't care MUCH, but at the same time the intellectual
part of my mind completely understands that this is a terrible thing 
for teenager to live with, even such rotten as Draco."

Del replies:
Exactly. Now add in the amazing difference in empathy, care and
concern for others (*all* others) that there's between you and Snape.
You, as a "normally" caring human being, would maybe allow yourself to
turn this intellectual understanding of the pain of someone such as
Draco into an emotional support. But Snape, who is emotionally
crippled and whose empathy is light-years behind yours, simply won't
take that step. His understanding, if there's any, will remain
intellectual, because his heart qualities have been squashed (both by
himself and others IMO) throughout his life.

It's Harry who went through a life-changing experience in the DoM, not
Snape. Snape is still exactly the same Snape he was a few days before.
The same Snape who could take out his hate of the father on the
*orphaned* son. Not-nice Snape. Expecting Snape to react differently
because *Harry* went through a terrible ordeal isn't very realistic IMO.

Alla wrote:
"BUT I don't care much mainly not because I don't like Draco, but
because I think that Lucius where he deserves to be - namely in prison."

Del replies:
This is similar to what I said that one reason Snape doesn't care
about Harry's pain over Sirius's death could be because Snape is happy
with Sirius being dead. This feeling of things being right where
Sirius is concerned could prevent Snape from genuinely seeing Harry's
pain.

Don't you think that if you liked Draco and disliked Lucius, you
wouldn't care a bit more about Draco's distress, no matter how happy
you would be that Lucius finally got what he deserves?

Alla wrote:
"And yes, I am pretty sure that Snape did a victory dance when Sirius
 died, I still think that he should ahve let this one go. You know,
just IGNORE Harry for once, not comfort him or anything, I would not 
expect him to go THAT far."

Del replies:
I understand. But Snape did catch Harry with his wand pointed at an
unarmed Draco and with a full intention of hexing him. As a teacher,
and possibly as a spy, he had to be seen doing *something*. And we
don't know how he would have resolved the problem of there being no
more points to take away from Gryffindor. Maybe he would have given a
detention to Harry, only to have it annulled later? (I'm not putting
much hope into that one, but we never know :-)

Alla wrote:
"I am not sure I will cry with the person I dislike before when such
person experienced the tragedy, but to some degree I would definitely
empathicize with such person."

Del replies:
Good for you! It's just that I've seen too many people rigidly refuse
to grant one bit of compassion to people they don't like, even in the
face of the greatest tragedy...

And since we are not in Snape's heart, I can always argue that maybe
he did feel some compassion for Harry, but that his temper took the
best of him when he saw Harry menacing Draco (one of his own students,
who also deserved some compassion). Who knows, apart from JKR?

Alla wrote:
"I am also not sure how it relates to the criticism of Snape. He was 
WRONG, IMO only."

Del replies:
And I said that I think so too, in my previous post.

Del