False Alarm? Was:Re: Adults "failing" Harry (was: Themes in OotP)

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No: HPFGUIDX 119990


> Alla responded previously:

snip.

I mean sure during those two months Harry could have continue
clearing his mind, which he did not do, but if Dungrolin suggests
that he was supposed to study Occlumency on his own, I disagree.
Harry does not know how to study this subject. We are not even sure
that Snape was teaching it properly, how was Harry supposed to learn
it on its own?
 
Clear your mind does not equal learning Occlumency, IMO. It is just
meditation exercises, which help you studying.
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>Dungrolin:
Harry never did practise clearing his mind enough to know how much 
it would have helped him block Snape during the lessons.  But DD 
thought it would stop the dreams, and that was what was important, 
wasn't it?  Voldy didn't stand in front of him with a wand 
shouting `Legilimens!' he got at Harry through his dreams.  
Practising clearing his mind before he slept was what would 
stop the dreams; Snape seeing how easy it was to penetrate
Harry's mind with the Legilimens spell was his way of checking up 
on how Harry was progressing.  And since he wasn't practising,
it's no surprise that he wasn't progressing.
 
Harry wasn't supposed to *study* Occlumency on his own, he was 
 supposed to *practise* it.  Which he didn't do, no matter who
told him how important it was.



Alla:

I completely agree that Harry never practiced enough, but what I am 
getting it is - I am not sure that practising "clearing" your mind 
equals "practising Occlumency" Am I being confusing? And I am not 
sure that Snape's only function was to check up on how Harry was 
progressing. If lessons were THAT simple, surely Dumbledore could 
have find  someone else to check on Hary's progressing , who maybe 
knows Occlumency, but not as good at it as Snape is.

I think I am going back again to speculation that something VITAL 
was missing in Snape's instructions.

So, what was my original point of this discussion? Oh, yes 
Dumbledore's warning was too late and not sufficient. IMO, he could 
have written a letter to Harry explaining about possibility of false 
visions, but of course then we would not have a story. Just my 
opinion.