[HPforGrownups] Re: Evil Snape

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 154245

>Alla:

>Ok, I can see as a possibility that Harry was wrong  about Snape. I 
mean, I hope it does not happen, but I always try to keep  alternate 
possibilities in mind in order not to be too dissapointed, but  this 
argument I cannot even see where you are coming  from.

>Harry's arrogance about Snape? Harry was standing on the Tower,  
helpless, paralyzed and was forced to watch Snape kill Dumbledore for  
whatever reasons.

>Even if it IS a mistake, is it an ARROGANT  mistake to make?

Nikkalmati:
Harry's arrogance has nothing to do with the Tower scene, it is a  
personality characteristic.  He always thinks he knows better than anyone  else.  He 
doesn't listen to others' opinions and he has been getting worse  as he gets 
older.  
Example: his certain belief in his own POV leads him to misrepresent to the  
Order what DD told him about why Snape left LV.  HBP 616 "Snape passed  
Voldemort the information that made Voldemort hunt down my mum and dad.   Then Snape 
told Dumbledore he had not realized what he was doing, he was  really sorry 
he'd done it, sorry that they were dead." We know DD told Harry  Snape came to 
him with some story long before the Potters were killed, so that  is a 
distortion in Harry's thinking.  Example 2: he refuses to confide in  McGonnagal 
about where he and DD were that night, apparently thinking he  knew best again. 
HBP 626.  I bet that keep it to myself attitude turns out  to be a mistake in 
Book 7.
 
JKR loves to use plot twists to make the reader realize things are not  
always what there appear.  Neville the shy boy is really brave; he receives  points 
for moral courage in the very first book, then he shows physical bravery  at 
the MOM.  Luna, who is the type of weird and tactless girl who is often  
shunned, is actually one of Harry's best friends and very perceptive.   Trelawney 
really is a Seer, despite appearances.  Doris Umbridge is not a  sweet little 
girl.   The kind professor is really a werewolf.   Sirius is not a murderer 
after all.  Mrs. Figg his neighbor is a  Squib.    James was a bully, at least at 
times.  There is  certainly more to Petunia than meets the eye.  Handsome Tom 
is a  psychopath.  Slughorn is an armchair <g>. The Half Blood Prince is -  
well you know that one.  It goes on and on.  The odds are that  whatever you 
see JKR is going to turn it around.    I am sure  there are plenty of surprises 
waiting in Book 7, so, yes, keep an open  mind.
Nikkalmati  


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