[HPforGrownups] Favorite chapter in The Half Blood Prince.

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No: HPFGUIDX 192558

 
> Corey wrote:
> I know Snape turned out to be a good guy at the end of the series 
> but I don't know why Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him. 

> Bart wrote:
> Two reasons:
> 1) So that Draco wouldn't.
> 2) So that Snape would become the master of the Elder Wand.

> Kemper:
> My impression is that Snape would not become the master because there was an agreement between he and Dumbledore. The agreement essentially being 'I give permission for Snape to euthanize me.' That way Dumbledore would die the master of the Elder Wand and thus the wand could no longer have a master and act like just any ordinary wand like it did with Voldemort.


Cat:
 Kemper I share your impression. Snape never "conquered" the wand's 
master, he only did Dumbledore's (the elder wand's master) bidding. 
  
 It is often quoted that, "You can't take it with you." Well, in this 
case, that is (IMHO) precisely what Dumbledore intended. Dumbledore 
wanted to take the wand "out of circulation" and thus preventing the 
chaos and death that would result if its actual existence was 
confirmed. .... And return the wand to Death.
  
 To Reiterate:    1. Yes, he wanted to protect Draco's soul.
                  2. He already protected Snape's soul (from the 
consequences of Dumbledore's death) by requesting that he (Snape) 
kill him (Dumbledore) when "the time was right".
  
 Cat >^-.-^<
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