One more reason why Snape is Evil

[littlegreenpartyhats]

No: HPFGUIDX 134157

"Julia" wrote:

> While reading HBP I was constantly wondering why on earth has it 
> been called Harry Potter and THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE?? I cound't see 
> how the true identity of HBP can have possible relevance to the 
> plot. When it turns out that Snape is HBP I still wasn't sure why 
> the whole book is called HBP - apart from the fact that we learn 
> that Snape used to call himself HBP when he was at school we dont 
> get any new information (we already know that he is very good at 
> potions and it's not a big kind of shock that he invents new spells 
> when we knew he was very good student!!)

>SNIP<

> Now, until the 6th book we were all (almost all :D) under the 
> impression that we have to trust Snape. All canon evidences were 
> point out that although Snape is mean and cruel he is on the good 
> side (DD trust him, he's spying for the Order, Harry's suspitions 
> always turned out to be wrong etc) And then comes 6th book with him 
> in the title and he turns out to be evil and kills  DD! What would 
> be a point in naming the 6th book HP and HBP (HP and SNAPE) when
the 
> biggest surprise within this book will turn out to be false in the 
> next book??

>SNIP<

> Can't express it in the better way, sorry :D Hope you understand 
> what I mean

littlegreenpartyhats replies:

I understand exactly what you mean and you make a very good point. 
Rowling says on her website that in the distant past, HBP was the
possible title of CoS.  She describes it as a strand of the overall
plot which could be used in a whole variety of ways. She considered
weaving it into CoS, but she eventually removed all traces of the HBP
storyline from Book 2 and said:  "It really didn't fit there, though;
it was not part of the story of the basilisk and Riddle's diary, and
before long I accepted that it would be better to do it justice in
book six. "

Who knows what she means by "plot strand".....   But, I conjecture the
HBP plot strand which could be used in a number of different ways is
essentially: 1. Harry gets a book; 2. is helped from handwritten notes
contained in the book, at first in a very benign way and later in
darker ways; and 3. uses what he learned from the notes to solve a
major obstacle in the story.  In book 6, Harry uses the notes to win
the FF potion, uses the FF potion to get Slughorn's memory and uses
the memory to confirm the Horcrux plan.  But, in Book 2 it could have
been used for something different.

For all we know, the "HBP" in CoS may have referred to Riddle instead
of Snape.  But, if Rowling always intended Snape to be the HBP, it
works much better in book six for the reasons you just said.  The HBP
title is significant for not only the plot strand but also for the
fact that he was the traitor causing a major shift in the story.

The rest of Rowling's quotes about the HBP/CoS relationship make me
more convinced about the Harry is (or was) a Horcrux.  

"The link I mentioned between books two and six does not, in fact,
relate to the 'Half-Blood Prince' (because there is no trace left of
the HBP storyline in 'Chamber'.) Rather, it relates to a discovery
Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out
in 'Prince'."

The discovery he makes in book two is that Voldemort "put a piece of
himself" into him, and this foreshadows his discovery of the Horcruxes
in Book 6.  Of course, Voldemort may have deduced that the seventh
piece of his soul was transferred to Harry at Godric's Hollow, which
may be the reason Harry was necessary at his rebirth.  Perhaps he took
the piece of his soul back at the rebirthing ritual, which is why
Dumbledore had the gleam of triumph in his eye.  Wild speculation...

> 1. Was DD really pleading for death? or anything connected with it?
> maybe he has something else on his mind? He adresses Snape
'Severus' 
> the moment he enter the scene - and as Harry noted his voice has 
> changed... I really dont know what does it mean, anyone??

I dont think there's anything beyond face value in this scene.  I
think DD realized at that point that he was mistaken in his trust of
Snape, and in the end tried to plead with him to not betray the Order.
 I agree that he wasn't pleading for his life.

 > 2. Why Snape have to be informed by FF that there are DE in the 
> castle? If he knew the plan (as he said in the 2nd chapter) he 
> should be aware? Why wasn't he patroling corridors like others?

Snape knew the goal of the plan but not the details.  He kept trying
to find out how Malfoy was going to accomplish it, but he never did.

> 3. If he told Narcissia and Bellatrix that he knew the plan why was 
> he pretending not to know about it anything while speaking with 
> Draco??

I think all he knew was Malfoy was ordered to try to kill Dumbledore.
   How Malfoy did it was no concern of LV.