Judging a book by it's cover (Re: CHAPDISC: HBP 2, Spinner's End)

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 142243

Sherry Gomes wrote:
>  > And just what part of Snape does the book show Harry?  Not something
> > positive.  in spite of the brilliance of the potion instructions, 
> the book
> > teaches Harry several horrible dark curses. 

  

The book is both positive and negative.  It shows a person who was creative (inventing 
new hexes), had a sense of humor ("Just shove a bezoar down their throats" struck me as a 
pretty concise and funny comment), and was interested in excellence (improving the 
instructions in potion-making.)

It was also a person who had enemies (Sectumsempra) and feared detection (the non-
verbal nature of Levicorpus, and Muffliato).  It was possibly a person who was low on funds 
(taking notes in his book instead of on a parchment) and who cared more about the 
content of books than their appearance.  And, to judge by the title "half-blood Prince" had 
no illusions, and a sense of humor about his origins.

He presented Harry with both danger and opportunities.  He was both helpful and harmful.  

If our own souls were captured in the margin notes of a textbook, how good or evil might 
we appear to the impressionable?

~Montavilla