Lupin's Patronus

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No: HPFGUIDX 122716



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

pippin
> Although Lupin says he has confidence that Harry will be able to 
> handle a real dementor attack with just the wisp of a patronus, 
> Harry  tells his own class they should practice with a boggart 
> even after some of them can produce a true patronus. 

Well, thinking happy thoughts and thinking happy thoughts when
something is coming at you that tries to suck all the happiness out of
you are two different things. Producing a real patronus in the nice,
safe environment of the classroom is not that impressive. Will they be
able to handle their fear and keep their minds together when the real
thing comes along? Harry knows the difference, they don't. 

pippin
> 
> In fact, he varies his technique from Lupin's by having the class 
> learn without a mock dementor  at first.

Well, he also did not have a boggart at hand, and ofcourse for most
people the boggart would not have turned into a dementor. 

pippin
 I wonder if Harry feels he 
> would have made faster progress himself if he had been 
> allowed to do this. 

Or it could have hindered him. Giving him a false feeling of
confidence, just as what happens in his class, where people think this
is like any other spell. 

pippin
 I also wonder whether Lupin had some 
> ulterior motives, like wanting to find out  who was  at Godric's 
> Hollow besides Voldemort.
> 
> "You heard James?"
> 
> But then I have my suspicions, you see.

Oh do you? ;)

Gerry