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

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Carol:
<SNIP of the whole post basically>
> I'll be very surprised if Harry, who has been wrong so often, turns
> out to be wiser than Dumbledore from the age of eleven, and to have
> learned nothing about judging people and things based on more than
> appearance in seven books. 

Alla:

Harry clearly learns to not judge people by appearance IMO, it is 
just a possibility to me that he may learn that lesson not on the 
example of Snape.

He does not judge Luna by her appearances anymore in HBP. Despite 
all appearances he listens to Sirius in PoA.

So, I see plenty of possibilities for Harry to learn that lesson, 
and if just so happens that Snape's appearances are what they are, 
oh well.





> Alla:
> > In fact, members of the Order looking like total idiots (IMO) 
with 
> > theirs we trusted him because DD did, may hint IMO that JKR 
really 
> > wants Harry not to be like them in years to come, IMO of course.
> 
> Carol:
> Or they may turn out to have been right because Dumbledore was 
right,
> in which case, they're "total idiots" for losing faith in Snape 
(and
> in DD's judgment) so quickly. (Of course, they have Dumbledore's 
death
> and Harry's version of events to seemingly corroborate that view, 
so
> it wouldn't really be idiotic, just natural, but it would still be
> wrong if Snape is DDM.
> > 

Alla:

What can I say? We shall see, I suppose in book 7 whether they were 
right to blindly trust Snape because Dumbledore said so, or whether 
they were right to kick themselves for doing so.

Alla, who thinks that Harry seeing for himself that Draco lowered 
his wand may just be contrasted with second hand trust in Snape, but 
who can surely be wrong and had been wrong before many times.