Harry's questions about his parents (was Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dr

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Susana Cunha wrote :  
" Well, if he got into Snape's pensive without knowing how to get out
I'll have to agree with you! But, really, he wouldn't! He probably
found out after the accident with DD's pensive."

Del replies :
I personally think he didn't know how to get out of the Pensieve. DD
didn't explain to him, and Harry is not the kind to look something up
in books unless he badly needs to.

Susana wrote :
"I know we never see him lingering in technical details like Hermione
does, but we are only told the interesting plot (though I'd be
terribly interested in technical details - but that's just me). He did
seem to know a lot more about DADA than the other students. I can only
assume he *does* look things up in books or, at the very least, asks
Hermione."

Del replies :
If I remember well, those spells he first taught the DA were mostly
those he learned the year before for the TriWizard Tournament. I found
mentions of Expelliarmus (they learned that one back in CoS, at the
Duelling club), Impediment Jinx, Reductor Curse, Stunning. And then he
got those DADA books at Christmas, and he learned new spells from them
in order to teach the DA. And of course, there's the Patronus Charm.

Del