Snape and Occlumency

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 121614


Inkling:
> I just can't get past the fact that his so-called lessons 
contained  no specific instructions and had the opposite result 
from what was  (supposedly) intended.  <

Pippin:
There are specific instructions: "I have been told that you have 
already shown aptitude at resisting the Imperius Curse....You 
will find that similar powers are needed for this...."--OOP ch24

Now, the interesting is that Harry doesn't resist Imperius by 
clearing his mind, quite the opposite! "And Harry felt, for the third 
time in his life, the sensation that his mind had been wiped of all 
thought...ah, it was bliss, not to think, it was as though he was 
floating, dreaming...*just answer 'no'...say 'no'...just answer
'no'...

I will not, said a stronger voice, in the back of his head, I won't 
answer..." -- GoF ch 34.

We know that Harry's powers don't follow the usual rules...what if 
his resistance to Imperius doesn't either? Suppose that 
Fake!Moody, since he didn't teach anyone how to clear their 
minds, actually didn't do a good job of teaching his class how to 
resist Imperius. (That answers *that* question.) Harry learned to 
do it by some other method unknown to organized wizardry that 
didn't rely on clearing his mind but on listening to that little
voice. 
That voice pops up again during the first occlumency lesson:

 "*No,* said a voice in Harry's head, as the memory of Cho drew 
nearer, you're not watching that, you're not watching it, it's 
private--"-OOP ch 24.

So you see, Snape thinks Harry must already know how to clear 
his mind, since he can resist Imperius, and as far as Snape 
knows, it's done by mind-clearing. I think all Harry would have 
managed to accomplish, had he actually learned to clear his 
mind, was banish that voice -- Not A Good Thing, I am sure.

OOP is the book of the 'fortunate fall' --IMO,  it is going to turn
out that learning Occlumency was a bad idea and Harry's failure 
was worse for Voldemort than his success would have been. 
Just like Quirrell, by disposing of the fifth obstacle, the troll in
PS/SS, actually helped Harry and Hermione catch up with him 
more quickly.

Since we don't know exactly what game Voldemort is playing, we 
can't tell whether waiting till the lessons started to put increased 
pressure on Harry's mind wasn't some plan of his. If he *wants* 
Harry to learn occlumency, then making it seem as if it is more 
necessary than ever would be a good plan, no?

Pippin