Pensieve memories again. Was: Harry's anger

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 122429


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> 
>  
> > Alla:
> > 
> > Do you mind if I disagree with such conclusion?  :o)
> > 
> > Not even that it is DD's Pensieve,it may very well be,  but that 
> > there is only one of those in whole WW.
> > 
> > I for some reason doubt it, but I can be wrong of course.
> > 
> > So, Harry could be given his own, OR if it is expensieve, Harry 
> can 
> > be told to buy his own, since he is not poor.
> > 
> > I am pretty sure he would have made this purchase very willingly.
> 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Well, we don't know how common the Pensieve is. I'll admit that.  
So 
> how about this, either there is a reason DD did not offer such a 
> choice to Harry OR there is a reason JKR did not offer such a 
choice.

Renee:
I can think of a reason why DD didn't offer Harry the choice: if 
Harry could remove the memories he doesn't want Snape to see, his 
motivation to learn Occlumency would be even less than it is. 

That's also the reason IMO, why complaints that the situation isn't 
fair (Snape can remove his memories but Harry can't) are beside the 
point. Wanting to throw Snape out of his memories ought to be an 
incentive to Harry to take learning Occlumency serious. 
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.