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Here are some excellent, excellent reflections on Lupin, Sirius, and Snape and their roles in Harry’s life, with particular emphasis on Snape and reasons he’ll turn out to be loyal to the Order.
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Thanks for the link!
I was just re-reading OotP and something was bothering me about the occlumency lessons. Snape continually tells Harry that he must let go of all emotion…and Harry cannot let go of his anger which is why his lessons ultimatly fail right? But Snape is knowen for being so angry all the time. How is it that he is so good at occlumency if he cannot let go of his emotions? This will probably have no revelence at all with the seventh book but just wondering what you might think on this….
Hey, Crystal, that was one of the exact things I was wondering. I was reading the characteristics that Snape gave, and all of those things that Snape said stopped Harry from becoming a good Occlumens are exactly the characteristics that Snape possesses. For example, he tells Harry not to “wear his heart on his sleeve” all the while showing his emtions, especially anger and hate, at Harry almost at the same time.
But what I didn’t like was Sirius’s role in Book 5. I feel that it would have been much more effective to have used Lupin. Lupin was Harry’s mentor while he was in 3rd year, and felt like an outcast like Harry. He had Harry under his wing in DADA, as well as taught him to make a Patronus. I see much more of connection there, I wonder if JKR couldn’t bear to kill him. O well.