Occlumency lessons

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 91599

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Deb" <DBoyken at a...> wrote:
> Does anyone else feel that Snape (sir!) didn't try particularly 
hard 
> to teach occlumency to Harry--even before the Pensieve? He never 
> explained how or WHAT Harry should do, other than "clear your mind 
of 
> all emotions" before diving in and attacking him.


Well, I can say many bad words about Snape's attitude towards Harry 
in OoP (I don't think I will forgive him stopping lessons for a long 
time to come :o)), but in all fairness we don't know what are the 
correct instructions for teaching occlumency are.

Yes, "empty your mind' does not seem like much and I certainly want 
to say that it was not enough, but more detailed instructions seem to 
be the product of fanfiction only so far.

I would definitely say that Harry did practice, untill he got 
frustrated (was it Annemehr who gave canon quotes? I may try to find 
it tomorrow). What definitely bothers me about Snape as instructor 
besides many other things is the fact that Harry seemed to feel 
weakened after the lessons.



> But what I REALLY wonder at is that Hermione--the bookworm, 
> researcher extraordinaire that she is--didn't immediately start 
> digging out references to force on Harry when he started the 
lessons 
> in the first place. Or at least when he was making no progress with 
> Snape (sir!)--it's not like she doesn't know how Snape treats Harry 
> anyway, I'm sure she could well imagine that the lessons weren't 
> exactly smooth and easy like his Patronus lessons with Lupin had 
> been. If she can pick up all these other skills (like the hex she 
put 
> on the DA signup sheet, or on the gold galleons to announce each 
> meeting) from books, why not occlumency so that she could help 
Harry??
> 
> (And, speaking of those galleons--what do you suppose happened to 
> them once the DA meetings ended? Did anybody spend them? What if 
they 
> did and got busted for counterfeit galleons?? (grin).)
> 
> Deb in NJ

I like Hermione, but she sure was screaching a lot in OoP. i am glad 
though that she did not learn occlumency miraculously overnight, 
becasue no matter how smart she is, she just cannot know everything, 
can't she? :o)

Alla