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

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"horridporrid03" <horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

> Sorry, but you *have* hinted that Voldemort 
> is not *Harry's* enemy.  When you say that
> Harry was perfectly correct to sabotage his 
> Occlumency lessons in order to put one over
> on his teacher, you are saying that Voldemort
> is not an actual threat. 

Two points:

1) I said Snape was (probably) sabotaging his 
Occlumency lessons, not Harry.

2) If Snape is a enemy it in no way implies that Voldemort is not.

> What Harry did would be the equivalent of
> a boxing student hiding behind a door and 
> knocking his coach out with a shovel when
> the coach came back in the room. 

And if this were a war game rather than a very civilized boxing 
match then knocking his coach out with a shovel would be entirely 
appropriate. The only difference between a war game and a war is 
that you don't actually kill your opponent, other than that there 
are no rules. Occlumency lessons are war games and you can bet the 
next time Harry fights Voldemort there will be no rules.

> Dumbledore doesn't ignore Harry when he accuses 
> Snape of opening his (Harry's) mind to Voldemort.
> He answers simply, "I trust Severus Snape." 

No, he only said Snape's goading was not the reason Sirius left the 
house, he did not excuse Snape's crummy Occlumency lessons. But at 
that point I doubt if Harry much cared if Dumbledore thought the 
lessons were good or not, he has made up his own mind. JKR has Harry 
complain that the lessons were counterproductive up to the very end 
of the book, I don't understand why she would do that if it turned 
out to mean nothing.

> I also take issue with the lessons not working.
> In the very first lesson, Harry pushes Snape
> out of his mind.  

Yes, things went downhill from the very first lesson. 

> I can't wait for HBP! 

Could not agree more!

 Eggplant