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

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No: HPFGUIDX 89201

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sachmet96" <sachmet96 at y...> 
wrote, quoting Geoff:
> 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).
 
 And then sachmet96 replied: 
> I was refering to Harry's own lessons with Lupin in POA where he 
> didn't produce a patronus correctly. The others were able to 
produce 
> one in their lessons in DA. At that time (OOtP) Harry was able to 
> produce a patronus but not for his own lessons in POA.
> Hope that clears that up.

Iris now:

And of course, it was very difficult, because he was only 13, 
because he had many preoccupations at the time (as always...), and 
because a wizard needs a happy memory to produce a Patronus. 
Harry's "DA students" in OotP are older than he was when he started 
the Patronus lessons, and they have probably more happy memories 
than he will ever have (except Neville, of course). Last detail 
(correct me if I'm wrong), Harry's friends learnt how to produce a 
Patronus without facing any Dementor, even a "Boggart Dementor", 
that made them feel "as if they never would be happy again". Their 
psychological background when they started the lessons was not the 
same than Harry's in a similar situation. It was much more pleasant 
(they were transgressing Umbridge's rules; it was dangerous of 
course, but also very exciting. Should I dare say: funny? Yes, I 
dare, because they are teenagers). Learning correctly, easily, 
depends on emotions. You can't learn easily if you feel bad. It was 
Harry's case in PoA, so that's why he didn't manage to produce 
immediately a Patronus.
But what I write is probably nothing new, so I apologize if I'm 
redundant.

Amicalement,

Iris