[HPforGrownups] Re: Victory for TEWWW EWWW

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From: prep0strus <prep0strus at yahoo.com>

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Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:45:27 PM

Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Victory for TEWWW EWWW



                              

 > >Adam, who, despite all of this, still admires Snape way more than I

 > >admire James or Sirius

 > 

 > Lenore:

 > Me too, no contest.

 >

 

 Prep0strus:

 I just don't understand.  I'm just baffled, even if you could like the

 character of Snape, even if you see more good in him that I can

 imagine - taking him in the best of terms, a tortured child, full of

 love, who risks life and limb for his love, his love's child, for the

 fight against evil... why would you admire him more than James or

 Sirius?  What did they do to make them worse than him?  

me:
well for me it's not about what James/Sirius did or did not do. A character who goes through a much more difficult moral journey and
end up on the good side is always much more admirable than a character
who start out "good/well adjust/happy" and has much less inner moral struggle and thus straightforwardly and easily end up good good good good...


I just generally have more admiration for characters like Snape who came from much less/worst (i.e. under-previledge, damaged personality due to poor upbringing, bad environement and people he unfortunately fell into because of a supposed "choice" that he chose when he's only 11 years old and did not have problem with "muggle-born" before going to Hogwarts), and then come around and end up fighting for the good side. Even if the initial motivation was a selfish though positive (pure love for someone), it doesn't matter. It just takes a lot more courage and struggle for him to choose redemption and do the right thing. And from then on he put his life in high risk while leading a lonely and painful life for the good side, with no regards for rewards/recognitions/love, nothing...

so yeah Snape a far more admirable character, not to mention a much more compelling characters that makes me care more.

Jo