PoA chapters 4-6 post DH look

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 181434

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<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:

> I guess what I was thinking is that people go mad in Azkaban 
> really FAST. I always thought that Sirius' hanging in for twelve 
> years was something really unusual.


Maybe if it's not a life sentence and a prisoner is not in a high
security cell, there are less Dementors guarding him, so he wouldn't
go mad as fast as he could have done with more Dementors around.
Besides, it may be easier to endure the Dementors when you know it's
temporary and you'll be released in a few months. This thought can
give strength, just like the thought of his innocence gave strength to
Sirius.

BTW, I didn't notice any of the escaped DEs  being mad (except for
Bella, but her madness is most likely from before Azkaban), and they
spent many years there. Another character who served time in Azkaban
is Morfin Gaunt (I mean here his first time - three years), but it's
not very clear if he's gone mad or not. 

He doesn't seem any different after Azkaban, but, OTOH, he believed at
the end that his father was still alive and would kill him for the
loss of the ring - but this can be the result of LV implanting false
memories. I wonder how Morfin got the ring - it was Marvolo who wore
it before they both went to prison, and Marvolo was dead by the time
Morfin returned from there.


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