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== Analysis ==
Harry's growing obsession over Draco resulted incaused him beingto be careless, giving Draco an advantage—he knows Harry was eavesdropping and will likely be monitoring him. Just why Draco purposely revealed so much to Harry is puzzling, however. It would also seem that Harry, aware that Draco caught him eavesdropping, would consider the information to be false and was merely intended to manipulate and taunt Harry. Instead, Harry fully believes everything Draco has said and now acts to prove it. Although Ron and Hermione will doubt Draco's claims and try to persuade Harry to disregard it, reader's, however, know that Draco was telling thebeing truthtruthful, although exactly what his mission is, remains a mystery until the book's conclusion. Also, though the Order of the Phoenix is guarding Hogwarts, Tonks finding Harry so quickly seems to indicateindicates that he is particulalry being protected, probably without Harry realizing it. When Harry failed to emerge from the train with the other students, Tonks went lookingsearched for him. Although she says the Order has stationed her in Hogsmeade, she has likely been assigned to guard Harry.
A wizard's Patronus cannot be consciously chosen, but instead reflects the person casting it. Therefore, Tonks' new form must signify her current emotional state. Although it is unknown what new form it has taken, or what shape it was before, it is a significant enough change for Snape to jeer at it. This is also the second time the Patronus has been seen being used otherwise than as a defensive charm, the first time being in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet of Fire/Chapter 28|''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'']], when [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]] used it to summon [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]].
Although Dumbledore has finally appointed Snape to the Defence Against the Dark Arts teaching position that he has so long coveted, why he chooses to do so now is unclear and confusing. While Dumbledore has never doubted Snape's loyalty, Snape's past history and his affinity to the Dark Arts has apparently been an ongoing concern. However, both Dumbledore and Snape know there is a specific reason why no one has ever served longer than one year as the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Ron alludes to this, saying that he believes the post is jinxed. If it is, then Dumbledore and Snape must have somehow overcome this particular obstacle or neither intend for Snape to remain in that position any longer than his predecessors. Although Harry is angry that Snape was appointed, it may actually provide an as-yet-unknown benefit for him.
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