Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger)

[AyanEva]

No: HPFGUIDX 121914


"Geoff Bannister" <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> Geoff:
> Interestingly, I've always had a slightly different take from other 
> posters on Harry's comment.
> 
> Canon tells us:
> '"Potter!"
> The voice rang across the Entrance Hall. Snape had emerged form the 
> staircase leading down to his office and at the sight of him Harry 
> felt a great rush of hatred beyond anything he felt towards 
> Malfoy.... whatever Dumbledore said, he would never forgive Snape.... 
> never....
> "What are you doing, Potter?" said Snape, as coldly as ever, as he 
> strode over to the four of them.
> "I'm trying to decide what curse to use on Malfoy, sir," said Harry 
> fiercely.'
> 
> (OOTP "The Second War Begins" p.750 UK edition)
> 
> Harry has this wave of anger, then Snape asks what might be 
> considered a silly question.
> 
> I tend to interpret Harry's comment as being a change from a rush of 
> hatred to a cold fury and giving a sarcastic answer very tongue-in-
> cheek; it is almost a way of telling Snape to get stuffed without 
> actually being blatantly rude....
> 
> That might be my reaction in such a situation.


I hope I've responded to this in the correct format. I'm AyanEva and
I've been reading the list for quite awhile, but I'm always too shy to
post anything! Everyone seems to be so much more clever than I.
Anyway, Geoff's quoting of canon brought to mind something that I've
been curious about since I read book 5; the idea just won't let go.
I'm sorry if it's been mentioned before, I haven't seen it yet.

Harry's rush of anger always strikes me as odd and almost out of
place. Thinking back to the rest of the book and Dumbledore's
explanation of the anger and hatred that Harry felt whenever he was
around Dumbledore, I can't help but wonder if we're seeing the same
phenomenon w/ Harry's end-of-year encounter w/ Snape. What if it's
Voldemort feeling a rush of anger and hatred towards Snape, but again,
Harry's unable to distinguish b/w his own emotions and Voldemort's?

The wording of the passage is strange in that it says that Harry would
never forgive Snape. For what exactly? I assumed, after mulling it
over for a bit, that he blames Snape for the death of Sirius. But what
if it's something more than that? It could be that Voldemort's angry
at Snape for...betraying him? Something? Aside from the likelihood that
Voldemort knows that Snape betrayed him in the past, I can't think of
a reason for the sudden display of anger. But maybe it only shows up
now b/c the connection b/w him and Harry is stronger.

The only problem that I can find w/ this theory is that JKR already
used the Harry-Voldemort-emotional-connection previously and it might
be a bit of a repeat. Then again, it does fit w/ canon and there's
nothing to say that this isn't the case. 

Anyone wanna run w/ this? Or you can tell me that I've gone completely
loony! :-)

AyanEva
(21 yr old research assistant, Philadelphia, PA)