Dumbledore

[badgerskin]

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From: badgerskin
Subject: Dumbledore
Date: 8/25/00 9:50 am  (ET)

I'm puzzled about Dumbledore:

Early on we find out that he's a great wizard and a great man. We are led
to believe that Harry will be absolutely safe while at Hogwarts under
his protection. He himself tells Harry that he doesn't need a cloak to
be(come) invisible...

...yet, how could Dumbledore lack the sensitivity, the intuition, how
could he not FEEL the presence of Voldmorte under Quirrel's purple turbin
for an entire school year?!? Same for the fake Moody - it just seems like
a wizard as great as Dumbledore is ought to be more able to SENSE danger
when it's so close. It seems like his "greatness" is inconsistent - he
is, at times, able to do, and feel and know so much...and sometimes not.

This is certainly not a fatal flaw - for character or writer. Just
my thoughts...

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