Imperius Curse

[Ali]

No: HPFGUIDX 57318

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cgbrennan2003" 
<cgbrennan at a...> wrote:

 <<<In Goblet of Fire, Moody (crouch) puts Harry through the 
Imperius Curse "four times in a row" until he can throw it off 
completely, after having almost thrown it off the first time 
Moody/Crouch cursed him with it. (p. 231, american)

 Later, when Voldemort uses it against Harry, JK writes that "And 
 Harry felt, the third time in his life, the sensation that his mind 
had been wiped of all thought..." (p.661)
 
Third time?  There is no mention of a time between the first day in 
class and then with Voldemort that Harry is cursed, and since it was 
done more than twice on the first day, it can't be the third since 
then.  It sounds like JK is saying that the time in class was 
Harry's second time...so when was the first? >>>

Ali :
I believe that the first time that Harry's mind had been wiped of 
all thought, was not the imperius curse at all, but was when he saw 
the Veela:

"The Veela started to dance, and Harry's mind had gone completely 
and blissfully blank" (p94 GoF, UK edition). 

This section shows us that the Imperius curse and the effect of the 
Veela are rather similar. So, although Harry was put under the 
Imperius Curse 4 times in Moody's class, they count together, 
collectively as the "second time". I see it almost as a signpost for 
things to come for Ron - who has trouble both with the Veela and 
with the Imperius curse. Although it would seem that Harry was 
unusual in being able to throw off the curse, Ron is singled out as 
having difficulties with it. I believe that this inability to resist 
either the Veela or the Imperius curse will be significant later.

Ali