Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort
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Mon Jun 27 19:06:10 UTC 2011
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..> > 6. Snape thinks Harry should have thanked him on bended knee because otherwise he would have died just like his father, "too ----- [arrogant] to believe he must be mistaken in Black". What were your thoughts when you have read this paragraph for the first time if you remember and what were your thoughts about this paragraph after book seven?
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> Potioncat: I recall some speculation at one time that Snape may have tried to warn James. However, it's more that Snape warned DD and spied for him. As far as I know, the only thing anyone knew is that someone close to the Potters were spies. James should have accepted DD as his secret keeper. I don't think anyone in the WW had done a better job of keeping secrets than DD. From Snape's view-James turned down DD's offer out of arrogance.
Alla:
This was my question and it is actually quite amusing to me because this was the last time ever when I felt some sort of genuine sympathy for Snape. I mean, I do not remember whether I felt it for the first time when i was reading PoA, but before HBP and DH revelations came out.
Precisely because of that speculation that Snape may have tried to warn James, I was thinking, ok, he is going crazy, but he may have tried to do a noble thing, no matter how much he resented being saved by James he was actually trying to save him, to warn him, so while I may have been mad at him for trying to feed Sirius to dementors (which yes I have no doubt that he would have done), I still felt some sympathy for him.
But after him giving Prophecy to Voldemort and wanting Lily only to live at first came to light, every time I read this paragraph, I am actually quite furious (and glad that he is dead of course). You know, thinking along the lines, how dare you lecture the boy if because of you his parents had to go into hiding in the first place and if because of you (and Voldemort of course before you guys point that out lol) he has no parents at the first place. As if you cared one bit if his father and Harry. would have lived or died, if you would have wanted his widow for yourself.
Alla
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