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

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"pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> Erm, I'm sure you realize this makes
> Harry wrong either way too.

No, I'm afraid I didn't realize that.

> Either the lessons were doing some good,
> in which case he was wrong not to practice

Agreed. 

> or they weren't, in which case he was
> wrong to resent being thrown out of
> the office. 

Harry was wrong to resent having a sadistic teacher who couldn't or 
wouldn't teach Occlumency properly? Harry was wrong to resent being 
thrown across the room, pelted with objects and threatened? I don't 
think so.

> 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 

I was trying to be generous and give Snape every benefit of the 
doubt when I said he was a crummy teacher of Occlumency. Harry has 
thought and said many times that the lessons make him weaker, the 
exact opposite of what it's supposed to do. And Harry should be very 
good at this, Snape himself said that skill in Occlumency is similar 
to skill at resisting the Imperious Curse, and we know Harry has 
extraordinary, probably unprecedented, talent in that regard; so 
Harry should be able to pick up Occlumency in five minutes flat. But 
that didn't happen. Why?

I can only think of 2 possibilities, either Snape was an incompetent 
teacher OR he was sabotaging the lessons deliberately. Neither 
paints a pretty picture of Snape. 

Eggplant