Patronus at DADA OWL (was Re: Harry's Future...)

[Matt]

No: HPFGUIDX 106544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Mae <cincimaelder at y...> wrote:

> And in PoA, didn't Lupin mention to Harry that even 
> getting the wisps of silver at first was rather impressive.  
> (I can't check the accuracy of this because I have lent my 
> book out, but if someone else knows, I may have remembered 
> incorrectly???)

Harry gets the wisps of silver when he tries the charm before the
boggart is released, but does not get anything on the first two tries
with the boggart.  Lupin says he didn't expect him to get it on the
first try.  Later on, after several practices, Harry is producing an
"indistinct, silvery shadow" and Lupin tells him that for a
13-year-old, "even an indistinct Patronus is a huge achievement."

At the beginning of the first lesson, Lupin characterizes the charm as
"well beyond Ordinary Wizarding Level."  One might infer from that
characterization that it is beyond OWL, but not beyond NEWT level.

-- Matt