[HPforGrownups] Re: Why down on all the characters?/ Dumbledore

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 179445

Shelley:
 what I have a hard time believing is the naming of the child after
Snape. That is the much bigger leap of faith, imho, than Harry forgiving
Dumbledore. Snape, in contrast to Dumbledore, is always pictured as working
against Harry right from the start, and unlike Dumbledore's actions that
seem to have a purpose that Harry finally comes to understand, Snape's

Lynda:
But isn't that true forgiveness, to forgive someone who always worked
against you, as Snape did Harry, in the realization that as wrong as his
motivations were, and as much as he had against Harry, again for the wrong
reason--that Lily chose James over him, because of Snape's being drawn to
the dark arts, enough to name your child after them?

Lynda


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