Occlumency was RE: Sirius vs. Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 99521

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shirley" 
<shirley2allie at h...> wrote:

> 
> now Shirley:
> Hmmm, that's interesting.  I always assumed that Firenze's 
comment  about Hagrid's attempt not working was related to 
Grawp.  I thought  he was telling Harry to tell Hagrid to give up on 
trying  to 'civilize' Grawp.
> 
> So, if that's not the case, what do *you* think he's hinting at?  
> (because I'm still not clear on that from your discussion in this 
> post)


I'm sorry I wasn't clear. Trying to explain Jo's convoluted plot 
lines is a real challenge! Especially when it's all hypothetical. But 
she's admitted that she purposefully drops information into 
"innocent" chapters.

I agree that Firenze was sending a message to Hagrid about 
Grawp. 

But sometimes, when it would give too much away to have Harry 
wonder about something directly, Jo seems to drop a hint to one 
mystery in the story-line of another. So I wonder if that element 
was not put in the story to give the reader, not Harry, a hint that 
there might be a good reason why Snape would  stop the 
lessons.

Pippin