Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary II
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary II
And Sirius was stuck inside all the time, unable to do anything substantial
to help the cause against Voldemort. And Harry felt left out of the planning of
the war, even though he had faced Voldemort four times and survived!
Both Harry and Sirius felt resentful and isolated from their friends.
One
day, Harry saw an awful dream about Mr. Weasley. He soon came to Dumbledore.
But then Dumbledore called Professor Snape's office to teach him to control his
mind. In the middle of his training, Harry looked into Professor Snape's
Pensieve, which was a storage place for memories. In it, he saw Professor
Snape's worst memory: fifteen-year-old Snape getting brutally bullied by
Harry's father, James, and his three best friends, Sirius, Remus, and Wormtail.
So Harry not only has started to resent Professor Dumbledore, but now he was
starting to wonder if his own father and godfather were really good people. All
of Harry's heroes and idols seemed to be falling off their pedestals.
Because Professor Umbridge refused to allow them to practice defensive
spells during Defense Against the Dark Arts, this inter-House group gathered
together to study things like the Disarming Spell and the Patronus Charm with
Harry as their leader. They call themselves Dumbledore's Army because they knew
that it was what the Ministry most afraid of; that Dumbledore was using
Hogwarts to train powerful wizards who were loyal to him. The name was a joke,
though. This group met without the direct authority of Dumbledore. Harry was proud
of all of the progress his students were making, and he was delighted to resist
Professor Umbridge right under her evil nose.
Occlumency was a little-known field of magic that was supposed to protect a
wizard's mind from magical scanning. And who was the best Occlumens at Hogwarts
besides Professor Dumbledore himself? That would be Professor Snape, of course
– Harry's most-hated teacher. Professor Snape and Harry started their lessons
in secret, on Dumbledore's orders. But the lessons left Harry feeling like his
mind was even more open than it was naturally. He was dreaming more vividly every
night. And Professor Snape was also catching glimpses of Harry's most painful
and embarrassing memories, things Harry did not want anyone to see.