Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 122180


Eggplant:
> Agreed, if that turned out to be true then Snape was wrong for 
being  a very crummy teacher of Occlumency. Either way he was 
wrong.<


Pippin:
Erm, I'm sure you realize this makes Harry wrong either way too. 
Either the lessons were doing some good, in which case he 
was wrong not to practice, or they weren't, in which case he was 
wrong to resent being thrown out of the office. 

You are right that in either case, it would be reasonable for  Harry 
to be angry at Snape for being a crummy teacher. Except that 
Harry *doesn't * think Snape is a crummy teacher. He has never 
once  thought, either in potions or in occlumency, "If Snape didn't 
badger me and make me feel like a failure, I could learn this 
stuff."  It's the conclusion of some readers, but not, so far, of  
Harry himself.

Of course, if Harry ever did reach that conclusion, he might then 
ask himself why he was letting Snape's words *make* him feel 
anything, but that's another story.

Pippin