Resignation & Book 7 Predictions (Way long/HBP Spoilers)

[ladyljd]

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> If these are moral books, then the morality they
> reflect seems to be incredibly two-dimensional, at best.  To me, Snape
> is the key to the morality of the whole story, and frankly, he is not
> only *not* showing a redemptive pattern (unless Dumbledore's death was
> a hoax), he seems to have been slotted into the black and white, bad
> or evil category, which is a limiting view of life and choice, as far
> as I am concerned.  It will be interesting to see what happens in the
> seventh book, but I am not hopeful the end for Snape will be generous
> or enlightening for him.  Rowling's comments indicate to me that Snape
> is hated by his creator.
> 
> And if loving your fellow person is a mistake, well...
> 
> lealess

Thank you.  It's nice to know I'm not the only one out here howling in
the wilderness!  I'm glad you said the bit about JKR possibly hating
her creation because it's what I've been thinking since before the
book came out.  In addition to the quotes I orginally, this belief is
being driven by a JKR TV interview I saw a month or so ago.  I can't
remember the show or the interviewer and I only caught the tail end of
her appearance segment.  However I DO remember the sinking feeling I
had in the pit of my stomach as I saw and heard her make this point: 
not everyone is always going to like what she writes.  Therefore, she
must not allow herself to be swayed by popular opinion and must write
what she believes. (I'm paraphrasing but she used words to that effect.)  

At the time I could not escape the feeling that she was talking to me.
 I tried to shake it off but from that point on a part of me has known
that the Snape I believed in was doomed.

I'm assuming we'll see the redemptive pattern she mentions in Book 7
flashbacks.  And whatever these flashbacks show, I'm sure we'll Snape
going wrong then correcting in a repeated pattern.  This will clearly
show him to be the last person someone like Dumbledore should have
trusted.

Thanks for making it through my post!  And this is my 3rd post of the
day so I'm outta here.

Ljd