Would Harry forgiving Snape be character growth for him? Re: CHAPDISC: HBP 29,

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 164112

 
> Alla:
> Aren't you really saying ( do not mean to put words in your mouth),
> but that is what I hear, so correct me if I am wrong, that Harry
> forgiving Snape would not provide anything **new** for us to see in
> Snape?

zgirnius:
No, it would duplicate a process Harry is/has/will be going through 
with respect to Voldemort. Only on a smaller scale, because 
everything that ESE!Snape has done to Harry, is balanced by something 
that Voldemort has also done. Mostly, by something bigger. So it 
would show us nothing new about Harry.

Reporting the prophecy - Killing Harry's parents
Killing Dumbledore     - Ordering the assassination of Dumbledore
Being mean to Harry    - Torturing Harry and trying to kill him, many
                         times
taunting Sirius        - setting up the situation that lured Sirius
                         out to the MoM, and being the boss of the
                         woman who killed him

Alla:
> I do not agree then, I think that Voldemort in JKR¡¦s world is way 
> beyond forgiveness ( he is a sociopath as she called him) and he 
> would be defeated by some sort of metaphoric showing of power of 
> love, but Harry would also had to forgive somebody IMO, literally.

zgirnius:
Oh, OK. I'm not so sure I agree.
Actually, if you mean some sort of practical forgiveness, as opposed 
to a philosphical letting go of hate...why is ESE!Snape a suitable 
figure to be forgiven? He certainly does not seem to want it, and 
would be a fine addition to the inmates of Azkaban.