Question about Barty Jr.!Moody teaching Harry
Diana <dianasdolls@yahoo.com>
dianasdolls at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 21 12:11:50 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 48650
I've done some preliminary looking, but haven't found a post that
addresses this question. I'm sorry if it's been discussed to death
already...this only my second post to the group.
When Barty Crouch, Jr. was disguised as Mad-Eye Moody and teaching
Defense Against the Dark Arts to all the Gryffindors, including
Harry, why did Barty Jr. "teach" Harry to throw off the Imperius
Curse?
I realize that Harry has a natural talent for resisting the Imperius
Curse in the first place, but why would Barty Jr. put Harry through
his paces "four times" until Harry could throw it off entirely?
This lesson left Harry completely prepared to throw off Voldemort's
attempted Imperius Curse at the end of GoF.
Taking into account that Barty Jr. needed to deliver Harry alive to
Voldemort for his spell-to-get-his-body-back to work, Barty Jr.
still seemed to teach Harry and his classmates quite a few things
that ended up helping Harry when he was facing Voldemort at the
end. I know that Barty!Moody had to appear and act like the real
Moody, but he was working for Voldemort the whole time and wouldn't
seem to want to teach Harry useful things that could help Harry
*fight back* against Voldemort.
I've just reread GoF and Barty!Moody's practical (and quite useful)
lessons still puzzle me. The only explanation I can come up with
is that Barty!Moody thought Voldemort might have preferred a longer
and therefore more *entertaining* duel with Harry? Or maybe Barty!
Moody thought someone else [not Voldemort] might have used the
Imperius Curse on Harry that would have ruined Voldemort's plans?
Or, my current front-running theory, is that Barty!Moody thought
showing the Three Unforgivable Curses to Harry would frighten him
more, thus leading to more pleasure for Voldemort and pain for
Harry? After all, knowing what horrible thing is coming is much
worse than not knowing to be afraid at all. This last theory makes
Barty!Moody a very unpleasant and nasty character, even more than
before.
Anyone care to share their theories? :)
Diana
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