Spoiler: Snape and the Lessons

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> I felt that Harry was remorseful about invading Snape's private 
> space, and for what he saw in Snape's thoughts.   I think Harry 
> tried to tell Snape that he didn't find his father's actions 
> amusing, and that Snape kicked Harry out of his office before 
Harry 
> could explain.  And I do think that since Snape is the adult, not 
> Harry, Snape shouldn't have stopped the Occlumency lessons.  
> Espcially since Dumbledore specifically asked him to resume them.  
> Would Sirius have died if Snape had continued these lessons?

Ummm, actually by the way the lessons are going, I am not sure.  I 
was actually surprised how little progress Harry's been making, 
considering that he was throwing Imperius curse off quite easily and 
Snape did said that the principle is similar.  They've had 3-4 
months and there has been absolutely zero progress.  Harry simply 
wasn't taking the lessons seriously (or Snape is a pretty rotten 
teacher, which is probable.).

The Penseive scene actually reminds me of the new Charlie Kaufman 
screenplay, "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", (coming to 
a theatre near you this fall) where the protaganist takes his lover 
into the deepest, the worst of his childhood memory in order to 
evade the "memory police".  Memories that he absolutely refuses to 
reveal to others, or only reveals in a modified version.  One of the 
memories was a junior high bullying very similar to the one in OoTP.

To get back to the point (if ever there was one), those memories 
Harry saw are deep wounds that have never healed.  Aren't we asking 
too much of Snape to just forget all that and resume the lessons?

And before we begin to tread along Harry's line of thinking, do 
remember that Sirius's death is a combination of several factors.  
Yes, the lessons was one but to say Sirius wouldn't have died if it 
had continued was an over-statement.