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> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka@> 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.
> >> <snip>
> >> 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.<<
> >> <snip>
>


pair_0_docks: On Dateline Sunday the same interview that aired on
the Today show was, interestingly enough re-editted, (leaving out this
earlier comment) and Rowling stated this: "do I think he's a hero? To
a point I do, but he's not an unequivocally good character. Snape is a
complicated man..."

This should help with some of the bad feelings that were stirred up
among the snape fans and the reactions (me included) that have been
expressing over this earlier comment. It certainly made me feel better
about it, although I'm still unhappy with some of the other issues in
the book, however I will not rehash them here.

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