HPforGrownups] Re: Connections (HP and Star Wars)/ Imperious Curse

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40890


> Ah but didn't someone ask JK in an interview if Harry was related to
> Voldemort at all and she said 'that would be a bit 'Star Wars'
> wouldn't it?' :)
>
> Belinda

Yes, she did. Which I thought was a sort of strange answer.  Which is also part of my "evidence" for Harry being related to Voldemort!  (No would've been easier to say, right?)  To refer to Star Wars specifically makes it sound as if she's thought of it before.

Alora writes:

> If Crouch! Moody is Barty Jr. and working for Voldemort (which we 
> know he is),  why does he teach Harry to throw off the Imperious 
> curse in DADA class?  I have always wondered about this.  Does he do 
> it because he is, as the DADA teacher, expected to do that? In my 
> eyes, he seems to really be excited about Harry being the only one 
> to be able to throw it off.  Why is that?  Any comments or 
> suggestions?  In GoF it says "Moody had insisted on putting Harry 
> through his paces four times in a row, until Harry could throw off 
> the curse entirely." (page 232, US)  Why did he do this?  Any 
> insight would be much appreciated...

I think it's a combination of things.  First, he may have been instructed to use the Imperious Curse as part of his curriculum by Dumbledore due to his thoughts that Voldemort was growing stronger.  Since the teachers usually seem to have freedom to choose whatever curriculum they want and to teach it as they want.

Second, I think he may have been curious to see how Harry reacted to it.  Out of the entire class he was the only one who was able to at least partially throw it off on the very first try.  Did he try to teach anyone else to throw it off?  I only remember him repeating something like four more times on Harry until he could successfully throw it off (bruised knees and all).  Was there any mention of the others in the class trying again?  Not that I can remember, but correct me if I'm wrong please!

Third, it didn't really help Harry against Voldemort anyway.  Not for the time being anyway (it may come in handy later on!).  All Harry did was keep from saying No when Voldemort wanted him to.  It was the Crutacius curse that hurt so bad and the AK that nearly killed him.

Richelle


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