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Position:Home>Arts & Humanities> Expecto Patronum: Happy thought or happy memory?Question: Expecto Patronum: Happy thought or happy memory?In the 3rd Harry Potter book (and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Lupin explained to Harry that he needed to think of a happy 'memory'. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think that Lupin telling Harry to focus on a happy memory was the best way to get Harry to get the workings of the spell "under his belt" so to speak. Then, after a lot of practice, Harry was able to use other positive thoughts to achieve the same result. That's why practice (repetition) is so important. When you do something over and over again it becomes second nature. Not only do you improve as far as reaction time, accuracy, and speed, but you can potentially get to the point that you can do the activity on auto-pilot. |