[HPforGrownups] Re: A thought ....Occlumency

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 112502

> I also think the other adults, Sirius, Lupin, DD, etc., need to
> take most of the blame because they never really explain to Harry 
> that LV may be planting false visions in Harry's dream to make him 
> go to the MoM.  In fact, at the end of OotP, I agree with DD that 
> he is mainly to blame for the whole MoM fiasco.  IMO, he is also to

> blame for the failure of the Occlumency lessons because he did not 
> give Harry a reason to learn.
> 
> - Karen


The biggest problem with the whole occlumency issue was that at no
time did anyone sit down with Harry and ask him probing questions
about what was happening to him when he had these visions/dreams. 
The closest anyone came was at Christmas time when Harry came up to
Sirius in the pantry at 12GP and tried to explain how he was the
snake and he was afraid he was going mad.  Sirius - no doubt fearing
that to dwell on it would be the Wrong Thing To Do - simply made
calming noises and left Harry there "in the dark", literally and
figuratively.

What none of the Order members realized was that Harry wasn't only
experiencing visions but that he was channelling Voldemort's emotions
too: his longing to get through the door in the DoM; his anger at
failure by the DE's; his glee when the DE's broke out of prison; etc.
 Harry can't always tell which emotions are his own and which are
Voldemort's.  And since he seems to be getting next to no sleep
towards the end of the school year, he's not in any position to work
out the difference.

Had Sirius not felt constrained by Dumbledore's instructions and/or
the fear of what Molly would say, he might have sat down with Harry
and got a detailed description of the whole thing.  That's something
I fault Dumbledore for wholeheartedly: he was trying to understand
this Harry/Voldemort connection with insufficient information.

Magda



		
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