His Mother's Eyes

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No: HPFGUIDX 128587

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "festuco" <vuurdame at x> wrote:
> --- 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. 
> 


John:
Yes, but there's more. The fact that Lily seemed to so despise James 
in that scene, yet was within two years willing to take up a fairly 
serious relationship with him, suggests that, even from an early 
age, Lily had that ability to forgive people and see in them the 
potential for change for the better. Something neither James, nor 
Snape (yet), could ever master, to their great detriment, it would 
seem. It is arguably something that Harry has not yet mastered 
either, and it could become important.

Perhaps the other significant thing we are to be told about Lily (in 
book 7, wasn't it?) is a more profound example of this point?

John.