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

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998"
<eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:

> It is incumbent of Dumbledore to explain some things to Harry if he
> expects Harry's enthusiastic cooperation, especially when his
> instincts are telling him there is something very wrong with those
> lessons. 

Do they? Or is it Harry's dislike of Snape and his unwillingness to
have the lessons in the first place that give him an excuse to not
take them seriously? 

>Harry's instincts have saved his life before (grab hold of
> Quirrell's face, stab the book with the fang, force the beads of light
> away from your wand, etc). Harry will not and should not ignore his
> gut feeling just because somebody he is fast loosing respect for says,
> do it because I say so.

Those same gut feelings that made him rush to the DoM because he
believed Sirius was in danger? 

If there is one thing in this book it is that Harry should learn to
distinguish between his gut feelings and his emotions. And stop
letting himself ruled by his emotions especially if they are
manipulated by puppet-master V. 

> Dumbledore is not dealing with a toddler, or some silly little twerp
> of a kid who just fell off a turnip truck; he may still be a boy but
> nobody on the planet has more experience in these matters than Harry
> has, and that includes Dumbledore. By my count Harry has saved the
> entire Wizarding world at least 3 times, he rescued an innocent man
> from execution, he has received all three unforgivable curses and
> triumphed over them all and engaged in magical are wrestling with He
> Who Must Not Be Named himself, the most powerful Dark wizard in a
> thousand years and Harry won. If from time to time some of these
> thoughts enter Harry's consciousness it is not arrogance it is just
> cold hard reality and explains his fury when he is patted on the head
> and told, just do what I say little boy. After all he's done and
> suffered for the Wizarding World Harry thinks he deserves some respect
> and I think he's right. 

Well his tantrum at the beginning of OoP to me was very arrogant. He
was kept in the dark, true. It was wrong, also true. But not because
he was almighty Harry Potter, but because people have a right to know
important things concerning themselves. 


> I don't understand this at all. How could Voldemort not know Snape was
> once his spy, how could the entire world not know after Dumbledore
> spilled the beans?

I agree. I find it hard to believe 200 people will keep their mouths
shut. The only reason I can imagine is that he is a double-spy, both
sides believing he works for them. 

Gerry