CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 10: The Marauder's Map

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 189711

Annemehr:
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> He [Harry] may have also seen withstanding dementors as a task, like stopping Voldemort from getting the Stone, or rescuing Ginny from the Chamber, that he *had* to try to accomplish.  In PS and CoS, he also sought help from adults before going off on his own.  In this case, his request for help was granted.

Carol responds:
Considering that his whole motivation was winning the Quidditch match against Slytherin, I would disagree. And Harry was not the actual target of the Dementors: Sirius Black was. Lupin could hardly have anticipated the events of the evening of Buckbeak's intended execution.

Carol, thinking that Lupin might have been less reluctant to help Harry learn the Patronus Charm if Harry had needed it for his own protection as opposed to winning a mere game