Harry and Snape's Salvation (Re: No progress for Slytherin?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 173831

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" 
<sistermagpie at ...> wrote:
<SNIP>
> So I was just saying that it was not part of Harry's development to 
> be humbled and see a real connection between himself and the uglier 
> parts of his enemies, which I consider a bare minimum of a 
character 
> who's a model of compassion. Sure there's times when he shows 
> compassion, but never in ways that I imagine any reader of the book 
> wouldn't easily show as well. There's times, actually, where Harry-
> and maybe not just Harry--seem to be singled out as impressive for 
> doing stuff that seems pretty ordinary to me--by which I don't mean 
> the reader has necessarily been in the same situation, but if they 
> were put in that situation, they probably would. In many ways I'd 
> actually consider Harry the opposite of a role model for this 
> particular virtue. I don't mean that as a total slam on Harry in 
> general, he just doesn't really seem to be about that particular 
> virtue. 
> <SNIP>


Alla:

Oh. I think you are a better person than me then, I am not joking. I 
do think that those two examples in book 6 when Harry shows 
compassion to Tom and Draco Malfoy are pretty extraordinary to me.

I would deeply respect anybody who would be able to show compassion, 
no matter how short lived to the killer of one's parents AND the 
would be killer of one's mentor.

I am really really doubting that I would be able to do that, if I 
were in such situation.

So, yeah, the fact that Harry was able to do that IS pretty 
extraordinary to me.

And the fact that it was short lived showed to me that Harry is not 
perfect, but the fact that it was **there**, I found amasing.

JMO,

Alla