Pensieve memories again. Was: Harry's anger

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 122590


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Laurie Suiter" 
<lorelei_2 at h...> wrote:
> 
> Renee (SNIPPED):
> I agree. The enmity between Harry and Snape ought not to have been 
> ignored. But I've ceased to expect much psychological finesse from 
> most of the people in the Wizarding World.     
> 
> Laurie:
> This has probably been posted before but...isn't the whole point 
of Occlumency to prevent someone (especially an enemy) from reading 
your thoughts? It seems to me that Dumbledore wasn't ignoring the 
Harry/Snape enmity at all--he was actually counting on it, hoping 
Harry would work that much harder to protect his thoughts from 
Snape. Unfortunately the plan backfired...
> 
> Just my .02, of course.
> 

Renee:
Officially, the reason we're given for the fact that it's Snape who 
teaches Harry Occlumency and not DD, is that DD was afraid Voldemort 
would spy on him through Harry. So it appears Snape became Harry's 
teacher for lack of a better alternative. It could be that DD, 
trying to make the best of the situation, deluded himself into 
thinking the enmity would be a bonus, but I doubt it was part of the 
plan (I'm not an adherent to the Puppetmaster!DD theory).