Imperius Curse

[psychic_serpent]

No: HPFGUIDX 57329

<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). 
 
I really doubt Harry was thinking of the veela when he was in the 
graveyard.  We have ample evidence that neither JKR nor her editors 
(maybe her books SHOULD be seen by more people before publication, 
especially a professor of mathematics, so these errors will stop!) 
can keep numbers straight.  It looks to me like a genuine Flint.  
Pat yourself on the back!

--Barb

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