Imperius Resistance and Occlumency was Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

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 Alla responds:
 
I must have missed the part,where Snape "praises" Harry for using a 
Stinging Hex.
 
"Did you mean to produce a Stinging Hex?" asked Snape cooly.
"No, said Harry bitterly, getting up from the floor.
" I thought not," said Snape contemptuously, "You let me get in too 
 far. You lost control" - p.535, OOP.

Sounds to me that Snape is downplays Harry's success, at very least 
and it IS quite a success, unvoluntarily, or not.

He only practices Occlumency for the first time in his life and he 
only allowed Snape to see "flashes of it" Shouldn't Snape be more 
happy about it, if he was indeed teaching in good faith? I wonder.

 
Cristelle:
 
 It's further:

[..you lost control]
"Did you see everything I saw?" Harry asked, unsure wether he wanted 
to hear the answers.
"Flashes of it,"said Snape, his lip curling."To whom did the dog  
belong?"
"My aunt Marge," Harry muttered, hating Snape.
"Well, for a first attempt that was not as poor as it might have 
been"  

Harry did better than what Snape expected, and he recognised it.



Alla:

Ummm, thanks. To tell you the truth, when I read it, I absolutely 
did not recognise it as a praise. "not as poor as it might have 
been", but I suppose you are right and for Snape it IS a praise.

I still would like to hear a "normal " praise from him... one day :o)


JMO,

Alla