OoP clues?

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 158060

Argus Pyrites wrote:
> See, now that is exactly why I've come to the HP4GU group. Fresh 
> Ideas! New angles! Now, let me tell you why I think the turquoise 
> Ford Anglia is a horcrux....

Abergoat replies:

Ooo, I do hope you'll share! That sounds like it would be at the
popularity level of my certainty that Dumbledore's brother holds his
head high and Albus isn't sure he can read because he is presently a
goat...

Argus Pyrites wrote:
> An unresolved plot point for me from OotP, perhaps a clue(?), has to 
> do with Snape and the Occlumency lessons. IF Snape is Good, and 
> Dumbledore has sacrificed all to be able to place him in a position 
> to help Harry, then why wouldn't Snape try harder to help Harry 
> learn this skill? In the book, as it occured, it made sense, but 
> when one looks back on it, in particular remembering Snapes cries 
> of "Blocked, again & Again, etc." from HBP; I've never understood 
> why Snape didn't make it a top priority to force Harry to learn this 
> skill that he seems to need so desperately. 

Abergoat writes:
Good point, hadn't really thought about it. Dumbledore put Snape in a
very uncomfortable position...so it does seem like JKR needed to
introduce Occlumency/Legilimency and this was how she decided to do
it. Who knows, perhaps Dumbledore didn't actually think it would work
but just wanted Harry exposed to these two branches of magic. I do
think Lily was capable of Legilimency (Harry certainly is, even if
only by accident) and that may be significant to the backstory between
her and Snape that so many people (myself included) expect.

Abergoat, who also believes Snape was always a mole