Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 94463

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
> <jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:
> 
> > One thing that I think keeps getting missed is that "Neville's 
> > afraid of what Neville's afraid." I don't think anyone can 
> >convince Neville (or anyone) to be less afraid of X and more 
> >afraid of Y.
> 
> I'm not sure this is true.  
> ***
> Harry thought....What scared him most in the world?
> His first thought was Lord Voldemort -- a Voldemort returned to 
> full strength. But before he had even begun to plan  a 
> counterattack on a boggart-Voldemort, a horrible image came 
> floating to the surface of his mind.
> ***
> PoA ch 7

Ah...but this is HP's thought processes working, NOT anyone 
convincing (or trying to convince) HP that he really shouldn't be 
that afraid of LV and more afraid of a Dementor.
 
> Harry  does have more than one fear in his mind, and it isn't the 
> first one that is the scariest.

As does Neville, but my point was that it's *only* the, er, boggart-
ee to name his or her greatest fear, nobody can influence you to 
fear something to a greater or lesser extent than you do.

-Joe in SoFla