Occlumency lessons WAS: Slytherins come back WAS: Re: My Most Annoying Charact

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No: HPFGUIDX 180389

Alla:
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> > I mean I vehemently argued in the past that Snape could be 
> > deliberately opening his mind to Voldemort, but in light of all 
the 
> > information would he really do that?
> > 
> > How exactly was this information corrected?
> >
> 
> Annemehr:
> 
> Didn't Dumbledore wrap that up in his OoP wrap-up speech in ch. 
37?  
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> 
> So, one answer we got:  Occlumency lessons did in fact open 
Harry's 
> mind further to Voldemort, and that's why DD wouldn't give them. 
And 
> when the scar link was open to Voldemort, there was pain.
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Alla:

Well, no not really. Not to my knowledge I mean. If it was answered 
to your satisfaction, that's good. I mean I said many times that OOP 
is the book I know the worst, but Dumbledore's speech is one of the 
few parts of it which I read and reread quite a few times.

Basically I cannot interpret "to open your mind further" as the fact 
that it was necessarily opened ONLY during the lessons. I intepret 
it as it could have been opened before lessons started by the 
connection between Harry and Voldemort or as we know between pieces 
of soul or whatever that was.

I mean, maybe it WAS opened during the lessons, but to me it is 
ambiguous and that was my whole point.

JMO,

Alla