His Mother's Eyes

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No: HPFGUIDX 128558

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, hells456 
> The real question in my mind is what exactly was significant in 
> Book 5?

Gerry:

Well, I'd say her protection of Snape in the pensieve scene. In 
that scene we see her do what she believes is right, regardless 
of the people who are involved. She called two very popular guys 
from her own house bullies, and she protected the impopular, ugly 
Slytherin. She was the only one who went against these two. The 
rest was laughing or looking on. That takes guts as well as a 
strong moral conviction. 

The scene itself of course was very significant for Harry, who 
saw a very negative side of his beloved father, and his only consolation was that his mother was good. And I would not be 
surprised if Harry one day will get the same kind of 'test', 
making the popular choice or making the right one. 

What I liked about the scene was that we finally see Harry's 
thoughts turn to Lily. In other books, if he thinks about his parents, it is always James. He never wonders about Lily, what 
kind of person she might have been, en what he inherited from her (except for the eyes). Now she has become a person in her own right for him. 

Gerry