Did Snape want Harry to see Pensieve? /Salman Rushdie words.

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> > Betsy Hp:
> >> I really, really don't agree that Snape meant for Harry to see 
the
> >> memory.  For one, Montague showing up and requiring immediate 
help
> >> was so random that Snape *couldn't* have planned for it.
> >
> > He could have been leaving out the same memories for Harry to see
> > every time, knowing he would eventually bite.
> 
> Magpie:
> It has nothing to do with Harry "biting," it has to do with Snape 
leaving 
> him alone with them.  Snape never left him alone, except when he 
was called 
> away by something he couldn't have predicted.
> 
> Plus everything in canon seems to indicate he didn't want Harry to 
see it. 
> I don't really understand what Snape's point would be in Harry 
seeing him 
> humiliated.  That he'd see that his dad was a bully?
<SNIP>

Alla:

I have to say that I cannot really give much support to the 
speculation that Snape wanted Harry to see the memory except one 
thing, IMO obvious thing and that would be the fact that he did 
**not** wanted to teach Harry Occlumency. I mean, one can argue that 
he was pretending of course and he was really eager to do that, but 
I do not believe that.

So, what would be the point of letting Harry see the memories? 
Exactly what happened, IMO. Namely to give Snape a **reason** to 
stop the lessons. Was it difficult for Snape to predict that Harry 
wants to see what is in the DoM? IMO not hard at all, especially 
since Snape was legilimising Harry on pretty regular basis during 
the lessons ( and as we  can guess beyond lessons too IMO)

That is why I find this speculation although not very supportable to 
be **highly** likely.

Now, of course Snape could not predict Montague situation, I agree, 
but I also think that since not wanting to teach Harry was something 
Snape wanted to get rid of, but it was something that needed to be 
done without arising DD suspicions, I think Snape decided to wait 
and he got his wish - Harry's curiosity got the best of him.

Now, again this is of course speculation, I will probably not even 
going to debate that, since as I said above - it does not have much 
canon support, except Snape not wanting to teach Harry, but that 
gives me the reason to support it.


Oh, and since I am catching up on Salman Rushdie words, hehe. Just 
wanted to state for the record that I agree with Neri. :)

To me what Rushdie said very strongly implies that he may think that 
if DD is dead, then Snape is bad. That is of course not necessarily 
true, but here is where I stand.

Bravo, Eggplant though! You know, I recently told someone off list 
that we ( including myself) barely move on major topics and that I 
don't remember anyone who changed their POV drastically ( including 
me) on list, I also find it perfectly normal, since IMO we come here 
to be entertained by each other theories not to convince people that 
they are wrong.

 You proved me wrong in the " not changing  our mind part". I just 
cannot move to that corner yet, hehe. :) I see nothing conclusive in 
Rushdie's question and not clear on what exactly JKR was confirming.

JMO,

Alla, who solemnly promises to publicly eat that tasty crow. :)