Why DADA for Snape? (WAS Re: Do any list members think...)

[Claudia]

No: HPFGUIDX 147035

> zgirnius:
> If my theory, outlined above, is true, then Snape 
> has an interesting problem. On one hand, he is much better 
positioned 
> to carry out DD's plan than either of them could have possibly 
> anticipated. On the other hand, if the decision to kill Dumbledore 
> was as Steve outlined made at the spur of the moment, it will be 
> quite difficult to get anyone in the Order to listen.


I think that Quick_Silver might have given the answer to this problem:


> Quick_Silver
> Instead Dumbledore keeps Harry on the Tower under the
> cloak to witness what occurs with Draco, the DE's, and Snape. Not so
> much for Harry's safety but so that Harry can see what happens
> because Harry needs to know. Harry needs to know because of who
> Harry is and what Harry must do.


Thinking the scene through with a cooler head, Harry ought to see the 
parallels between himself in the cave and Snape on the tower. And 
thinking also about the last lesson that Snape gave him on his 
flight, he ought to realize that Snape is in fact his biggest ally in 
the fight against Voldemort.

I can easily picture DD wanting this to happen. Especially if we 
consider DD's weakness in realizing how the hatred between Snape and 
Harry affects any cool reasoning on Harry's part.

Claudia (who totally agrees to what Steve, Quick_Silver and Zgirnius 
have said so far in this thread)