Harry IS Snape.

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 141310

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> Pippin:
> IMO, this confuses temperament with character. 'Temperament' refers
> to those psychological tendencies which are apparently biological in 
> origin and can't be changed by an act of will. We all know some
> people are 'easy' -- they're sociable, adaptable, sunny, calm, 
> patient, enduring, in short, they're Ron. Snape, OTOH, seems to have 
> been constructed by turning all the temperamental dials as far 
> towards 'difficult' as they will go. He's "unpredictable,   
> withdrawing, non-adaptable to change, extremely negative and very 
> intense."

Here is a shorter URL for the page you cited:
http://www.elainegibson.net/parenting/difficult.html

I think temperament has a lot to do with the staff and Order member
reactions to Harry's news that Snape killed Dumbledore.  His
personality was such that they probably never felt they knew him, or
knew what to think of him.  His participation in communal events was
probably only under duress and not enthusiastic.  While participating,
his input was probably negative and snide.  The distance he maintained
made it impossible for them to trust him.  That distance may have had
as much to do with temperament as with being a spy.

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