Who Will Teach Harry Occlumency

[tanzgabu]

No: HPFGUIDX 73754


> Comment:  I agee with both of you guys!  Harry's rashness was what 
> brought about Sirius's demise, and I think Harry knows this.  
> Unfortunately for Harry this was an important lesson to learn. 
> 
> As for Snape, he is the ADULT. I do not trust Snape....he seems 
about 
> as capable of loving as LV, and that bothers me. Someone mentioned 
> Sanpe as being the best character in the book.  The books would not 
> be as interesting without him, but he is not a nice person, his wit 
> is based on hurting other people, and he gets a laugh at others 
> expense.  I dont see what is so wonderful about this. IMO, love, or 
> the lack of, will be the ultimate downfall for both Snape and LV. 
> 
> I would be suprised if anyone else but DD taught Harry Occulmency, 
> and feel that DD will be more available to Harry rather than 
watching 
> over him from afar.
> Fran
> All You Need is Love....

Hiya! 

I have just one tiny problem with this one viewpoint... thing. 
Everyone seems to just accept that Harry has this great and wonderful 
love, just because he's working against Voldemort. 

Someone brought up that Harry seems to be developing a Sirius-like 
moral code, and I can completely agree with that. Harry, like Sirius, 
seems to only have compassion and even forgiveness for only people 
that he deems worthy. People who are nice to him, or people that he 
understands. The point has been made that Snape has saved his life 
many times, but because he doesn't like him, he refuses to forgive 
him for anything he's done (i.e. the petty, cruel things). He can't 
accept that that's just the way Snape is, and that he might just have 
a very twisted way of looking at life, but still is trying his best 
to do what's right. 

Alright, I'll try to make my point now. Most people seem to agree 
that true love is unconditional, and this is something that Harry 
lacks completely. As Queen put it, "...love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night And loves dares you to change our 
way of Caring about ourselves..." Harry is very self-serving, only 
showing any sort of humanity or respect to people that he likes. 

I think that if he doesn't continue the Occlumency lessons with 
Snape, they *will* still have to have some sort of close contact, 
because this is a very big hurdle that Harry has to jump, learning to 
look past even the most glaring faults and appreciating (I guess 
loving) a person despite the fact that they may be "on the edge of 
the night" personality-wise. 

-tanzgabu