Why Occlumency lessons failed?

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No: HPFGUIDX 116410


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kmcbears1" 
<karen.e.mcconnell at l...> wrote:
> 
> There are many minor reasons why the Occlumency lessons failed, 
> Snape's or Harry's attitude, bad teaching methods (Snape), not 
> practicing (Harry).
> 
> IMO the main reason the lessons failed was that Harry's curiousity 
> was tweaked before the lessons began.  Harry had been dreaming 
about 
> the corridor for months before Arthur's attack indicating the need 
> for lessons.
> 
> I think they would have failed even if DD was teaching.  Harry has 
an 
> enormous need to delve into the unknown when his curiousity was 
> peaked.  Even Voldemort knows this fact about Harry, and initially 
> used his mind-sharing to give Harry a compulsion to get the 
prophesy 
> from the MOM.  
> 
> Harry did not want to stop the dreams.
> 
> -kmc

Linda:
I agree that Harry didn't want to stop the dreams, but I disagree 
that the lessons would not have been successful if DD had taught 
them. If DD had been up front with Harry to begin with, Harry would 
have known what was in the department of mysteries and not felt like 
he had to continue the dreams. And even if DD had not told Harry 
everything that was in the DOM, he could have satisfied him with a 
few didbits. Snape was enjoying not telling Harry anything.... he 
had something to dangle in front of him and berate him about. The 
other major difference is respect. Harry would have respected DD's 
wishes if he had been given the courtesy of DD asking and teaching 
him himself.