Pensieve memories again. Was: Harry's anger

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No: HPFGUIDX 122447


Potioncat:
It seems to me, that in an earlier discussion a poster quoted a
section from one of the later chapters that did seem to confirm the
Pensieve is DD's. I had been one of the strongest proponents of its
being Snape's personal Pensieve.

But, in any case, given how stingy DD is with information, I don't
know that he would tell Snape about the incident where Harry dove
into his Pensieve. And as we don't know, we can't (or shouldn't)
judge Snape's behavior relative to the knowledge....I think I just
tied my fingers into knots.


Snow:

Very true, I believe it was not only a borrowed Pencieve but along 
with the borrowed Pencieve was a bit of info from Dumbledore to Snape 
that Harry has been previously cautioned about curiosity:

"Curiosity is not a sin," [
] "But we should exercise caution with 
our curiosity
" GOF 

Snape, if nothing else, is not stupid! In other words this scene 
happens for a reason
and the reason Snape allowed Harry to purposely 
see himself place memories in the Pencieve is nothing more than a 
test that both Snape and Dumbledore accurately assumed Harry would 
fail at. This was a way to convey information to Harry without Harry 
becoming suspicious as to why and ask too many questions over it. (We 
all know via OOP that Harry shouldn't be told too much
right?) This 
brings up the point of why Snape acted(?) the way he did when he 
caught Harry. Dumbledore and Snape were well aware of Harry's 
personality and his traits (attributed and not); they both knew that 
Harry would look at the Pencieve if given an opportunity (so let's 
give the boy just enough information. Amazing and timely that Snape 
cut off this viewing of this memory when he did, isn't it?). Harry's 
viewing of this particular scene made him rethink his position on 
Snape and question his own father. 

I don't know if this ties your fingers tighter, Potioncat, or not
I 
guess it all depends on whether you are a DISHWASHER theorist--- 
("Mysterious Agendas Generate Interesting Conclusion: Dumbledore Is 
Secretly Hatching Ways to Assure Superiority for Harry in the 
Emerging Resolution.").


Snow