Does Snape need to be grateful to James? WAS :Draco and Intent:

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> Alla:
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> So, no I would not say that Snape should have had befriended James. But did he
> have any reasons to be grateful? In my opinion - yeah, his life was just saved.
> That to me also says plenty about a person, if the person cannot acknowledge
> such an act.
> 
> If somebody saved my life, I do not care if this person my bitterest enemy, you
> bet I would acknowledge the act of such tremendous value to me.
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Alla:

And yes, I am replying to myself, I guess the rule think through first, respond later should apply to me.

So what about Harry and Snape then? Should Harry be grateful to Snape for saving his life? To Snape who died hating him (at least according to the author and I agree since that is what I see in canon)

I guess by your logic Harry has nothing to be grateful for here since Snape could care less about him as a person

Because even by mine he does have to acknowledge the deed (as he did). I would totally thought it would have been a perfect ending for Harry to acknowledge Snape as hero to show how good a person Harry he is.

As I said before I could live without Harry naming his child after Snape, that to me was going above and beyond, but everything else he did? Absolutely IMO

JMO,

Alla