Who's to Blame/Ending Occulmency was Re: [HPforGrownups] Harry as Kreacher

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 100556


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SnapesSlytherin at a... wrote:
> On the subject of ending Occulmency lessons, what was Severus 
supposed to do?  Continue to try to teach Harry with Harry dragging 
his feet?  Alla said "stakes were too high, and he knew it".  
Couldn't that mean Harry, too?  Harry knew how important him learning 
Occulmency was, yet he didn't.  Severus is not completely to blame 
for the ending of the lessons.  Harry didn't try very hard to learn.  
Harry didn't try to go back to the lessons.  Both Harry and Severus 
are to blame.

Sherry

While I am a Dumbledore supporter, I think that Dumbledore and Snape hold
the highest blame for Harry and ending the occlumency lessons.  Harry is 15,
and nobody really explained the true reason why they wanted him to take the
lessons.  Looking at it the way he might, just telling him the lessons will
prevent him seeing things like what happened to Arthur, isn't good enough.
In his place, I might think it was good if I could see those thing, just in
case something else happened to someone I care about.  Nobody told him, till
it was too late, that they were afraid Voldemort might implant visions or
use him to spy on Dumbledore.  By that time, Sirius was dead.  I can't blame
Snape for throwing Harry out, when he caught him looking at his memories.
It was such a great intrusion.  I couldn't even begin to imagine how
invasive it would be for someone to look at my memories.  Yet, Snape is the
adult, and he should have continued the lessons.  I think at the beginning
of fifth year, if not before, Dumbledore should have told Harry everything.
Once Voldemort had returned to his body, it wasn't time to protect Harry
from the truth anymore.  So, to me, he and Snape are the ones to blame for
occlumency being ineffective and the lessons stopping.  I think everyone
involved has a little bit of blame in the death of Sirius, including Sirius,
but I can't see how he would have acted any other way, having his type of
personality, knowing that Harry was in danger.

Sherry G