Imperius Curse

[cgbrennan2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 57386


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" 
<psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:
> <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). 

Barb:
> 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! >>>>>>>


Wow!  Thanks Barb!  However, I must display my ignorance-I'm assuming 
a "Flint" is a mistake-does it stand for something?
By the way, thanks for your response!

"cgbrennan"

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