Was eavesdropper unimportant to Harry? WAS: Re: Snape again

dumbledore11214 dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 24 15:58:35 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 146964

> Carol responds:
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> Later (in OoP), Harry finds out about the Prophecy and that someone
> (the eavesdropper) revealed part of it to Voldemort. He has, IIRC,
> almost no reaction to this information. He certainly doesn't react
> with the anger he felt against Black earlier when he thought that
> Black had betrayed his parents. The eavesdropper, as far as he's
> concerned, is unimportant, just another detail related to the
> Prophecy. But in HBP, he finds out that this seemingly unimportant
> person was Snape, and immediately, the murderous rage is kindled
> again. 
<SNIP>

Alla:

Right, I am not going to answer your main question about why Harry 
hates Snape and at one time hated Sirius more than Peter, because I 
can just voice my agreement with Amiable Dorsai and Lupinlore, but I 
just wanted to comment on this. I absolutely disagree that  
eavesdropper is not important to Harry till he learns that it was 
Snape. Could you refer me to canon where Harry says that he LIKES 
what eavesdropper did?

Now, OF COURSE Harry reacts with rage when he learns that it was 
Snape. It is certainly adds to multitude of offenses which Snape IMO 
is guilty towards Harry, BUT I think that Harry would have reacted 
this way to ANYBODY who would have been an eavesdropper. It is just 
before the eavesdropper had no name and for all Harry knew IMO he 
could have been dead already.

Now, Harry knows that the eavesdropper is alive  and what do you 
know, the man who tormented him for five years in the classroom is 
the same man who played a VERY important role in his parents' death.

No, I am not surprised at all.

JMO,

Alla







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