Yet another prophecy question

[Chris]

No: HPFGUIDX 130846

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen Barker" 
<karenabarker at y...> wrote:

*<snip>*   
<Why then does DD immediately tell Harry the contents of the> 
<prophecy?  Now LV can get it from Harry's mind.>
 
*<snip>*  
<If it's suddenly not really that important that LV could access it> 
<from Harry, why did DD have to stay away from Harry all year, leave> 
<him stewing in ignorance all summer and allow a situation to 
develop> <that ended up in the loss of one of the most important 
people in> <Harry's world?>
> 
> Any thoughts?>
> 
> Karen <

     I think DD tells Harry the contents of the prophecy for the 
exact reason you mentioned above. He has been away from Harry all 
year, left him to stew in his own anger and outrageous thoughts, and 
allowed the situation to progress beyond his control, i.e. the death 
of Sirius. DD shows what feelings he has for Harry during this scene, 
almost as if he is Harry's father.
     I had talked about DD being all-knowing in an earlier post, and 
got reamed for it. So, I went back and re-read some of OoTp. I think 
DD had no idea that the situation would spiral out of control, and 
result in Sirius's death. In his drive to stop LV from obtaining the 
prophecy, I think DD became a little nearsighted, and overlooked the 
fact that his potential protege was suffering.
     However, I think DD finally realizes that Harry can handle more 
than he thought he could, and that's why he felt he should tell him 
the prophecy.
     As for LV finding out, I think that perhaps Harry will realize 
that Occlumency is important, and perhaps DD will teach him this time 
around.

Chris