Snape Survey

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 148952

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Luckdragon" <luckdragon64 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Luckdragon:
> Everytime I read my HP for Grownups email I see pages and pages of 
> Snape. I don't think we will see the end of the "Is Snape ESE or ESG 
> or OFH" until book seven is released; so, just for the sake of being 
> able to tell each other "I told you so", let's tally up what we 
> believe Snape is before we actually know, and see which way the 
> majority of us are thinking. A brief paragraph is sufficient.
> 
> Myself for example, I am somewhat like DD and just have to look for 
> the good in people, so obviously I believe Snape will be found out to 
> be ESG. Well maybe not good exactly, but neither ESE or OFH. Lupin 
> said it well in book six; " It comes down to whether or not you trust 
> Dumbledore's judgement. I do; therefore, I trust Severus." (Chpt 16)
> 
> So in your Opinion, who's side is Snape on?
>

Hickengruendler:

Dumbledore's man through and through.

A major theme of this book is to see good in everybody, see Hagrid and 
Lupin, who are trusted by Dumbledore in spite of being a half-giant and 
a werewolf. But Hagrid and Lupin, despite of the flaws they certainly 
have, are generally good people, who we can see do not deserve the 
distrust from society. Having Snape be on Dumbledore's side would IMO 
mean, that even those, who have a really disagreeable character deserve 
some chance to redeem themselves from their past sins.

That, and I think the climax from book 6 comes very close to destroy 
Dumbledore's character. Having him begging for his life would IMO make 
him a hypocrite and if he believed Snape's story without any further 
information, he would be nearly as foolish as Fudge. (Who simply 
believed Lucius Malfoy wasn't in league with Voldmeort, because he 
wanted to believe it). Therefore I come to the conclusion that there 
must be more to it than it seems.

Hickengruendler