Nope, no consensus on Snape (was Re: Snape's Grudge)
colebiancardi
muellem at bc.edu
Mon Nov 7 20:53:47 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 142600
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at e...>
wrote:
>
> Sherry now:
>
> Absolutely not. Any grown man who routinely abuses a child, simply
on the
> grounds of who his father was, is immature in the extreme. Harry
often acts
> with more maturity on that one than does Snape. After all, he
dislikes
> Snape, but until the end of HBP, he tried to believe, at least,
that Snape
> might be on the side of good. Thinking of how he tried to tell
Snape about
> the vision of Sirius in OOTP, hoping Dumbledore might be right
about Snape,
> and that Snape might help. Whether or not Snape turns out to be
DDM, ESE,
> or just OFH, his behavior toward Harry is ridiculous and childish
and not
> worthy of my respect or acceptance or understanding.
>
> Sherry, completely agreeing with lupinlore
>
whereas I think that Snape's behavior is not acceptable, I do think
that Harry threw the Snape is on the Good Side belief out the window
at the end of OotP. Harry, despite DD's assurances that Snape was
working for the Order and did all he could have, WANTS to hate Snape -
Harry knows it is wrong, but he feels better about it. Even in the
beginning of HBP, when Snape escorts Harry to Hogwarts, Harry's
hatred for Snape is overwheming. Harry is quick to think the worse
of Snape, regardless of what DD tells him. He thinks the worse of
Snape at Christmas time, when he snoops on Snape's and Draco's
conversation - the first thought in Harry's head is that Snape is
still loyal to Voldemort. Whereas Ron, Hermione, Arthur and Lupin
all state the obvious, which Harry refuses to see.
colebiancardi(who thinks that Harry & Snape's grudges towards each
other are about the same size by now)
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