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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 147038

> Carol responds:
> Yes, of course. He'd have been *surprised* if it was anyone he knew.
> But it's only when Harry knows it's *Snape* that the eavesdropper 
role
> becomes *significant* to him.

Alla:

I agree with SSSusan and Jenn. I don't doubt that the fact 
that "eavesdropper" is Snape made Harry hate him more, but I disagree 
that eavesdropper becomes significant ONLY because it is Snape. IMO 
eavesdropper becomes significant WHEN he gets a name, ANY name. Of 
course the fact that his name is Snape, makes Harry more upset for 
various reasons already described.

Carol: 
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> If the eavesdropper had been Lucius Malfoy, Harry's reaction would
> have been, "I knew it! He's evil!" And then he would have let it go
> because it did nothing to change his mental picture fo Draco's 
father.
> If it had been Mundungus Fletcher, he would have said, "That 
scumbag!
> Dumbledore should never have let him into the Order!" But it would 
not
> have been personal. Harry would not have gone ballistic and accused
> Dung of *murdering* his parents. He would have remembered that it 
was
> *Voldemort* who killed them and PP who betrayed them. The anger 
would
> have been temporary, as it was when he discovered Dung with goods
> stolen from 12 GP, and the eavesdropper role would have retained its
> relative insignificance. 
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Alla:

That is probably my main disagreement with your argument. We do NOT 
know how Harry would have reacted if eavesdropper had different name, 
we only had a chance to see Harry's reaction to Snape. IMO of course 

For all I know, Harry would have gone just as ballistic if he 
discovered that eavesdropper was Dung and actually example with 
stolen goods shows IMO that he would have gone ballistic, because 
when Harry sees Dung with "stolen glasses" that is much LESSER 
insults to Sirius' memory than what Snape did by giving prophecy to 
Voldemort and Harry is still very upset.

I submit that eavesdropper became more significant when he got a 
name, but of course that his name is Snape was an extra insult to 
Harry.

JMO,

Alla