Pensieve and Memory

[davenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 132885

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmnabers" <jmnabers at y...> wrote:
> Here's my question: Does a penseive show you the memory as it 
existed 
> immediately after you first saw it, or does it show the memory as it 
> exists now in your head?


My guess is that the Pensieve is one of those extraordinarily useful 
items that an author creates for the purpose of the story. Though it 
may not fit into how memories actually work, my suspicion is that the 
Pensieve is really intended to be as good as a video camera - 
recording things that the person probably wasn't paying attention to, 
and showing events as they actually happened.

I somehow suspect that if it weren't for the Pensieve reminding Snape 
of exactly what happened that day, he might have scrubbed his insult 
of Lily from his memory by now.

- davenclaw