Harry and the Imperius Curse... how many times?

[alhewison]

No: HPFGUIDX 33088

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "btk6y" <btk6y at v...> wrote:

Bobby wrote:
> Surely this has been discussed, but I am just looking for an 
answer.  
> In GoF, Moody put Harry through the Imperius Curse "four straight 
> times" until he could completely throw it off.  However, when he 
and 
> Voldemort are dueling, the book says that Harry felt the bliss of 
the 
> Imperius Curse "for the third time in his life".  What's up with 
> that?  When was the second time?  Even if you look at the prior 
> lesson as a different episode each time he went under the curse, 
then 
> it would have been the fifth time when he was dueling Voldemort, 
not 
> the third.  

I think there are 2 possibilities here:

either
1) it is a simple mistake, and it should read 5 times or

2)The book doesn't say that Harry felt the bliss of the Imperius 
Curse for the 3rd time, only that it was the 3rd time his mind had 
been wiped of all thought. On p94 of GoF we are told that Harry's 
mind had gone completely and blissfully blank when he saw the Veela.

Thus, when he saw the Veela, this might have been the 1st time his 
mind went blank, followed by the time (or 4 times with Crouch/Moody)
and then for the 3rd time under Voldemort. The wording for seeing the 
Veela and being under the Imperius Curse are very similar, so what do 
you think?

Ali