Snape, Malfory and Azkaban

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 111094

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "garybec" <garybec101 at c...> wrote:

> And since we are on the subject of the Imperious Curse, I have 
> always wondered, why is it that Harry is able to fight off the IC, 
> but experts, (ie: Aurors, like Madeye and Crouch) can not?  Is Harry 
> really that powerful?  I would think in "Auror Training 101", that 
> fighting off the IC would be one of the first things they teach 
> you.  What could be worse than an auror being controlled by LV?

There are two reasons that I see:

Harry is indeed a very powerfull wizard - in PoA he was able to create
a Patronus that drove away 100 dementors (Lupin tells him he himself
could never do that); he could withstand the Imperius charm, even when
performed by one of the most powerfull wizard in WW (Voldemort) and
best him in a struggle of wills as well (the duel in the graveyard).
Harry's technique, concentration and focus leave a lot to be desired
but not his abilities. Once he masters a spell he can do it very well,
even if it takes a while to get the hang of it - the summoning and
Patronus charms are a case in point.

The second explanation is that both Crouch and Moody were attacked by
two wizards - Wormtail and Crouch Jr. There are several examples in
GoF where combining spells works while a single spell does not. When
only one wizard was doing the spell, both Crouch Jr. and Sr. were able
to occasionally throw off the spell, even if only temporarily. As for
Moody, he was  starved and weakened once he was captured, therefore
could not resist Crouch Jr. during the year.

Salit