JKR and Occlumency lessons (was Re: Snape and Occlumency)

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Eggplant 
> Harry was taking extremely unpleasant lesions for reasons nobody 
> would explain from a teacher who hated his guts and that made him 
> weak. And Dumbledore expected Harry to apply himself to that? 
> 
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Potioncat:
There have been countless discussions about Occlumency lessons, and 
I've participated in quite a few of them.  We can argue whether it 
was DD's mistake or Snape's fault or Harry's distrust....or 
something else instead. And we all tend to get very emotional about 
it. 

But really, what was JKR intending when she wrote these classes? 
What are we learning from them?  How did they affect the characters?

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