OoP: Most Ridiculously Mushy Theory *Ever* - Controlling Emotions

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No: HPFGUIDX 65381

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "goingoutsleepwalking" 
> <goingoutsleepwalking at x> wrote:

>  But grudges held
> > against people is an increasingly important theme in the book 
> 
> SNIP
> 
> RESPONSE:
> Definitely Harry's heart is going to play a big role in the next 
> two books!  It was part of the lesson learned in OOP>>>CONTOLLING YOUR 
> EMOTIONS! If Harry had been in control of himself, 1)he would not 
> have run off to save Sirius, 2) He would ahve taken Occulmency 
> classes with Snaper more seriously.  Emotions are tied to the heart 
> and they affect our brain and common sense. When we are emotional 
> we make bad decisions.  Sirius's death did have a point, a very big 
> sad point, and that wsa to teach Harry to control himself. 
> 
Yeah, I just realized that as I read this - the whole book is about 
controlling Harry's temper and emotions.  First, he gets into a fight 
with his cousin; than he throws temper tantrums at his best friends; 
than he gets those awful detentions with Umbridge - despite of being 
told to control his emotions; than he gets suspended from Quidditch; 
stops Occlumency lessons because he pisses off Snape - you can say he 
could not control his curiosity to get into the pensieve - than he 
runs off to save Sirius and loses him at the end... so the 
concequences for him not controlling his temper get gradually worse 
and worse. 

Dumbledore sees this and he is afraid, I guess because there could be 
even worse consequences of losing his temper - going over to the dark 
side, for instance, which we got a little glimpse of, trying to cast 
Crucio on Bellatrix.  We definitely see a Harry-Anakin parallel going 
on here, I don't think Harry will go over to the dark side - he has 
his Mom's protecting love in his blood - but I think this will be a 
major theme of book 6 and 7.

Marta