Harry IS Snape!

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Julie:
> It's an interesting irony. Snape believes Harry *is*  just like 
James, 
> yet Snape never saw and still does not see the  whole James  Potter,
> the boy who grew out of his childish ways to  become a good  man, 
> and died with dignity. If Harry learns to see  the whole  Snape--not
> just the mean, vindictive teacher, but the  man who stayed loyal
> to Dumbledore no matter what was asked of him, and  who helped
> (will help) Harry defeat Voldemort both by protecting  him  and 
giving
> him tools he'd need for that final battle, even  if Snape did so 
with  a
> great deal of belligerence--then Harry  will win in a way that Snape
> never can and never will--by becoming not  just a hero, but a good 
> man, just like his father.
>   

Elyse: Would it be too much of a stretch to wonder if Snape is the  
one to whom this happens? In the remote possibility that Snape 
survives  Book 7, maybe he will see the side of Harry that he has 
refused to  acknowledge. If he can overcome his myopic vision of 
Harry, he may finally  (and about time!) grow up! Then he and Harry 
can share the growing out of  resentment process and finally have the 
spirit of forgiveness break down the  invisible hatred between the 
two.
I'm not saying theyre going to hug each  other and rush off into the 
sunset. Snape will still be slightly nasty,  sullen, sarcastic etc 
but there may be no more picking on Harry. Just a sort  of truce 
where each goes his own way separately and live without outright  
hate of the other person 
 
Julie:
Even though I 
 



 


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