The Isolated Headmaster: Implications for Snape and Harry

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 163693


> Alla:
> 

> SO, I think that it is quite a reasonable assumption to make that if 
> Harry's hatred for Snape stops his powers from developing or from 
> him tapping into his **love** powers, again, no matter how they will 
> manifest, then it would be better for such hatred *never to exist* 
> rather than for Harry going through *overcoming it*.

Pippin:
Well, Dumbledore said that pain was a part of being human and
that hate was an instinct, so I'm pretty sure Rowling thinks that
hate is part of being human too. There are things that *should*
be hated -- Umbridge is proof enough of that!

Alla:
> And based on what I said above it would not be Dumbledore not 
> allowing Harry to hate anymore, it would be Dumbledore stopping 
> Harry's hatred from developing from the beginning.
> 
> And I honestly fail to see anything **but** positive in this 
> development.

Pippin:
Then Harry will never learn that some things which make him
feel angry and hurt are not worth hating, and that will make it
all the easier for Voldemort to find things for Harry to hate.
Interestingly, there's something similar in The Little White
Horse (reissued finally in paperback, Yay!) The heroine is
told that she should save her hatred for important things.

Alla:
> What do I think DD should have done? Sit Snape down and let him know 
> some harsh truths about Harry's life, at least trying to appeal to 
> Snape's humanity ( if there is any humanity left in this bastard) 
> and to make him see that Harry is not James.

Pippin:
Let me tell you as someone with management experience, it is
not so easy. Suppose Dumbledore  ordered everyone to ignore their
emotional reactions to Harry's celebrity and his resemblance to 
James, would he be obeyed? Of course not!

And if he gave the order anyway, he'd be left with Sprout, 
Binns and Filch to run the school, because everyone else 
makes a big deal of it all.

And of course Dumbledore would be a filthy hypocrite himself 
for using Harry's resemblance to Lily to charm Slughorn into
agreeing to teach again. 

Hogwarts is not heaven and no one is promised a pain free
existence there because they suffered in their earlier life.

Pippin