Producing a Patronus: Was (Re: Harry the Auror)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 89198

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sachmet96" <sachmet96 at y...> 
wrote:

sachmet96:
> I agree with you. Harry was not able to produce a Patronus while 
> practicing some of the others on the other hand were able to do 
just 
> that (Cho if I remember correctly). So they are at least as good/if 
> not better as him imo. And it can't be of Harry's teaching skills 
> either because he had Lupin as teacher and Lupin is competent.

Geoff:
Sorry, you're not clear - there's a punctuation mark missing or 
something...

Do you mean that Harry was not able to produce a Patronus while 
practising? Whereas some of the others did?

If you are referring to the lesson with the DA, then we are told that 
Cho produced a swan and Hermione's Patronus was an otter while 
Lavender, Neville and Seamus were not doing very well.

Harry isn't reported as producing one at the point. (OOTP "The 
Centaur and the Sneak" pp.534-5 UK edition)

On the other hand, Harry produced his stag perfectly on the request 
of Professor Tofty while taking hos OWL exam. (OOTP "OWLs" p.630 UK 
edition)