Moody(Crouch) Teaching DADA

[scmacdonald at carlson.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28881

But that doesn't explain why he was happy.  He made a big deal out of 
how well Harry was doing and how everyone else should learn from 
Potter.  If Dumbledore told him to do it, he would have given the 
lecture and moved on, not gone into so much detail and praise for 
succeeding.

-Scot 

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Alex" <alexp at a...> wrote:
> Because Dumbledore told him to!!
> Alex 
> 92% obsessed.
> L.O.L.L.I.P.O.P.S
> L.O.O.N
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., scmacdonald at c... wrote:
> > hey.. I have a question...
> >  
> > Why was Moody (Crouch) so happy that Harry showed he was unable 
to 
> > resist the Imperious (sp?)Curse?  This seems a little odd to me 
> since 
> > he isn't really wanting people to be able to disobey his master's 
> > will.  I have a couple of theories... but I'm interested in what 
> > other people think...
> >  
> > Theory 1- He wants to prove to the world that the Death Eaters 
who 
> > claimed they had no choice but to follow Voldemort were lying and 
> > just using it as an excuse to avoid imprisonment.
> >  
> > Theory 2- He was trying to strengthen Harry to ensure he would 
win 
> > the Triwizard Tournament.
> >  
> > Neither of these really seems to satisfy me.  Harry is the only 
> > person to ever survive the Avada Kedavra curse and probably one 
of 
> > very few who were able to prevail against Voldemort, ever.  Why 
> would 
> > Crouch train Harry to be able to further overcome Voldemort's 
power?