Dumbledore or Snape

[crypticamoeba]

No: HPFGUIDX 141407

 Sherry Gomes  wrote:
  "Let's just say to start, that I am incapable of imagining any good 
reason for one person to kill another person, especially when it is 
someone who has trusted you implicitly, in the face of the doubt of 
others, someone who has probably even loved you.  But even in general, 
I can't imagine any circumstances in which I could kill another 
person, even if it was for the so-called greater good."
 <snip> 
 


I think that concerning the motive of Severus that your emotion is 
exactly what we need to look at to determine where JKR will take the 
story.  Considering the target audience, 10-15 years old; I cannot 
imagine a way to explain to a 12 year old that yes Snape killed DD but 
it is ok because DD was (Dying, Cursed, Asking him to).  Any way you 
cut it, it will sound flat on that level.  All of Rowlings writing has 
maintain an accessibility to that age group and I cannot imagine it 
changing.  

Yes, we can often pick up on a second meaning or a more profound 
message, but the underline event is simple.

The only way I can imagine explaining why Snape killing DD is good to a 12 year old is if somehow DD come back, (Pulls a Obi-Wan or 
Gandalf).  You could tell a child that it was ok cause DD knew he 
could still help Harry and was working with Snape.  But without that I think that Snape is beyond salvation.

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