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A review by sidharthvardhan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
4.0
Why Snape is my favourite character in Harry Potter series?
(Lots of spoilers)
Look at all Harry Potter characters. All the ones who fought on side of 'good' had parents who had previously fought on 'good' side. They inherited goodness from parents as sort of cutlure along with a belief system that was anti-racist. And they had friends were goody-two-shoes like themselves. It was not a choice for them to be good, it was just easy. A default choice. It would be harder for them to be evil. Same goes for evil souls. Most of them had parents who were into dark magic. They too inherited a culture and a belief system from parents and had friends who shares those values. Being evil was just easy, the default choice."
"There are very few characters who made an actual choice, different from default choice. There was that weasely brother who went agajnst his family and he had friends in ministry believing in him. But he wasn't entirely evil. There was Serious Black who though has the 'evil' family but didn't inherited the values and had goody two shoes friends and found help from them. So there were three things - belief system, friends and family affecting their choices - families, values and friends. Black had good friends and values and could thus make the change. Harry and Voldemort both had a real choice, as they came from outside world."
"Now you have Snape. This guy believes in same values as Voldemort. He has family and friends who share the values. To him, the 'good' Gryfindors were bullies - as he learnt from personal experience. And yet he fought on the good 'side'. He spends years looking after a kid whose very face reminded him of his worst memory and a kid who hates him. He fights with people, most of whom never trusted him. Most of whom hated him and most of whom he himself hated (including Black who once bullied him). Only Dumbledore knew who he really was. Just imagine the loneliness, no real friends.
"And why? Because he loved a woman, who disliked him for his beliefs and never returned his love. Who, despite being his friend once, married the guy who bullied him. Who won't know what he had done for her. All this living against his own values, going against his own family, constantly fighting along with and often saving the lives of those who hate him and who hate him back while getting almost nothing in return - all this produces anguish. And he bears all this anguish for just one plain old fashioned unrequited and now lost love; that my dear friends, is the greatest Victory of love over evil. That is why Harry called him one of bravest wizards."
No one is perfect. Snape sometimes lets this anguish get better of him and shows in sarcasm and sadism. And it is natural for him to carry it out on those kids who,according to him, don't deserve to be in school."
(Lots of spoilers)
Look at all Harry Potter characters. All the ones who fought on side of 'good' had parents who had previously fought on 'good' side. They inherited goodness from parents as sort of cutlure along with a belief system that was anti-racist. And they had friends were goody-two-shoes like themselves. It was not a choice for them to be good, it was just easy. A default choice. It would be harder for them to be evil. Same goes for evil souls. Most of them had parents who were into dark magic. They too inherited a culture and a belief system from parents and had friends who shares those values. Being evil was just easy, the default choice."
"There are very few characters who made an actual choice, different from default choice. There was that weasely brother who went agajnst his family and he had friends in ministry believing in him. But he wasn't entirely evil. There was Serious Black who though has the 'evil' family but didn't inherited the values and had goody two shoes friends and found help from them. So there were three things - belief system, friends and family affecting their choices - families, values and friends. Black had good friends and values and could thus make the change. Harry and Voldemort both had a real choice, as they came from outside world."
"Now you have Snape. This guy believes in same values as Voldemort. He has family and friends who share the values. To him, the 'good' Gryfindors were bullies - as he learnt from personal experience. And yet he fought on the good 'side'. He spends years looking after a kid whose very face reminded him of his worst memory and a kid who hates him. He fights with people, most of whom never trusted him. Most of whom hated him and most of whom he himself hated (including Black who once bullied him). Only Dumbledore knew who he really was. Just imagine the loneliness, no real friends.
"And why? Because he loved a woman, who disliked him for his beliefs and never returned his love. Who, despite being his friend once, married the guy who bullied him. Who won't know what he had done for her. All this living against his own values, going against his own family, constantly fighting along with and often saving the lives of those who hate him and who hate him back while getting almost nothing in return - all this produces anguish. And he bears all this anguish for just one plain old fashioned unrequited and now lost love; that my dear friends, is the greatest Victory of love over evil. That is why Harry called him one of bravest wizards."
No one is perfect. Snape sometimes lets this anguish get better of him and shows in sarcasm and sadism. And it is natural for him to carry it out on those kids who,according to him, don't deserve to be in school."