The Fault of Finding Fault

               Finding fault in people, especially leaders, leads to harm and static motion.  Any potentially brilliant ideas get shot down when the person is "the cause" of whatever is a matter with the world.  Not only does this prevent some potential progress but also furthers the downfall of the said person's character.  The United States has a tendency to do just this with its leaders in government.

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               President Herbert Hoover was one of the presidents in office during the Great Depression.  Many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression.  This made a lot of trouble for him during his time in office.

One of his ideas was to end the laissez faire policy of America thus the government having direct intervention to help the economy recover.  The mere thought of this plan had many Americans angered at its suggestion because laissez faire was one the most important of American ideals.

               

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            Maybe his sentiments for solving the Depression could have solved it, but who is to say.  The scrutiny a blame on him made him lose in a landslide to Roosevelt.  Eventually the economy bounced back, in part due to WWII.  The world is full of possibility; maybe his plans would have worked.

           The many choices and ideas one can fulfill sometimes become blocked due to who we are painted as.

If we are blamed for the devestation of today, then are we doomed by a lack of redemption.  For it takes much time to rebuild trust, even when it is unjustly  taken.  Humanity should strive to consider the options of others if they can help and not block them because of who suggests them.

                         The Antihero of our Time

      

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              An antihero is a protagonist who lacks the pure hero moral compass.  They could be lacking mercy or nobility of character that the "normal" view of a hero would usually be.  People usually have conflicted feelings over such a character because they adore him but are simultaneously unsure about supporting some of his darker traits.

              Severus Snape, from the Harry Potter series, is one example of an antihero.  He is "one of the good guys," but he also is a major rival to Harry Potter.  Snape is a spy for Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts and nemesis to the dark, evil wizard Voldemort.  In being so, he is often called upon to carry out deeds of both the light and the dark.

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                     Snape, throughout the book, partially antagonizes Harry Potter causing Harry to believe Snape as a man of bad character.  Harry isn't entirely wrong however.  Snape did tell Voldemort about a prophecy in order to spare Lily, Harry's mother and Snape's love, which caused Voldemort to go to kill Harry's parents and attempt to kill Harry himself.  He turned spy for Dumbledore after that.

                 Snape eventually killed Dumbledore.  As a result most people lost faith in Snape as a good guy, but his reasons revealed more of his light.  Dumbledore was cursed by a ring and was about to die soon anyway, also Draco Malfoy, a student at Hogwarts was sent to kill Dumbledore, and Severus killed Dumbledore so that Malfoy would not become a murderer.

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                  In the end, at Snape's end, the best of Snape is revealed.  The reason's for his darker deeds and characteristics.  His memories revealed that he was a "good guy" in the end.

                  Snape has relations to the character of Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow.  They both have a measure of selfishness: Snape's exemplified through revealing the prophecy to Voldemort to protect Lily,even thought she was married to James Potter, and Ichobod in his desiring to marry a girl to receive wealth.  They both are teachers at their respective schools and are not hesitant to discipline their more rambunctious students.  The third thing is that they both desired women they could not have: Snape with Lily, and Ichabod with Katrina.

                 Snape is an Antihero.