The 'Seeming' Reality

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 155512

„«	Magpie:
<SNIP>
> Oops, sounds like I'm talking about Snape, huh? :-) But Rowling did
> that in the first book where Harry was focused on catching Snape and
> he turned out not to be the bad guy. Though even then Harry wasn't
> wrong about Snape in the way some fans write him. It's not like
every
> time it seems like Snape is being a jerk he's really being nice.
> Harry was perfectly correct when he sensed that Snape hated him that
> very first day. He's not always wrong about Snape. He just doesn't
> know the man truly and neither do we readers. There's a big question
> mark at the center of him.

Alla:

Well, yes, that is all I am saying, really and believe it or not, I
have read plenty of arguments that Harry is wrong when he describes
Snape as nasty jerk. Hate as I do the possibility of DD!M Snape, I can
totally see Harry being wrong about that, you know? :)

What I do **not** see Harry being wrong about is Snape being nasty
bastard, because for that to be true, the **words** that leaving
Snape's mouth should be different, or in other words, Harry has to
report distorted picture, completely distorted picture.

I do not think that Harry does that, I think his opinion of Snape's
character is spot on, his loyalties , well of course that can be
incorrect ( hopefully not), but I just don't see how if anybody else
reports what occurs between Harry and Snape, Snape's character can 
come
out differently.

"You and your filfy father" will always be the same. "Our new
celebrity" will not change it is meaning, etc,etc.

Edited to add:
	
Basically I believe that when Harry's judgment is off base it happens 
because he does not have sufficient information to judge well, but on 
the information he has I believe he judges well enough. What I 
strongly disagree with is the idea that based on what Harry sees, he 
makes distorted judgments and/or reports distorted picture. It could 
be distorted of course, but IMO due to insufficient information, 
**not** wrong judgment.
Take Tower again. Could it be that things happened that Harry is not 
aware of? Sure, unfortunately I have to assume that this is 
possible.But based on what Harry saw and knew I think he made the 
**only** right decision-to catch Dumbledore's murderer ( as he sees 
it).

JMO,

Alla