The Unloved Son (was Re: Could I be wrong about Snape being evil?)

[houyhnhnm102]

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Sherry:

> > Even in the horrid occlumency lessons, Snape got a 
> > glimpse of Harry's childhood, but this did not seem to 
> > cause him to begin to rethink his attitudes toward 
> > Harry.  Yet when Harry saw the pensieve memory, he 
> > did feel compassion for the young Severus.  Who's 
> > more emotionally mature now?

wynnleaf:

> We know Harry's feelings of sympathy because we get to 
> see inside his head.  He didn't actually *act* any differently 
> toward Snape.  We have no knowledge of what Snape really 
> thought about what he saw of Harry's past, only that he 
> didn't act any differently afterward-but then neither did Harry.

houyhnhnm:

I think it is significant that Snape didn't act any differently 
toward Harry after seeing his memories during the Occlumency 
lessons.  Snape saw Harry's real vulnerabilities, yet he never used 
that knowledge.