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[marika_thestral]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at ...> wrote:

<snipping> This has also just been echoed by the JKR commentary on the
Today Show:

"Was Snape always intended to be a hero?" "Is he a hero? I don't see
Snape as a hero... he's very brave, but..." "Would he have protected
Harry if he hadn't loved Lily?" "No, not at all."


Marika:

Wow! I'm a bit surprised - and curious. It seems that Rowling and I
have a different take on what a hero is. Helping save Harry's life,
helping Harry to defeat Voldemort, trying to keep the kids at Hogwarts
safe, trying to stop Voldemort from catching people he wanted
killed.... That's a hero to me. His reason for doing all this might
not have been altruistic, but they were not the opposite either. He
did good to honor the woman he loved, and I find that heroic. If Snape
on the other hand hadn't loved Lily, he probably hadn't become a hero. 

A person can be a hero (the way I see it) on many different levels.
Snape is not one on a personal level, because he's not a good role
model, but to me he is one on a national level. (I hope my choices of
words made sense here - since English is not my first language.)

Marika