Dumbledore

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No: HPFGUIDX 52


   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 
(Dumbledore) doesn't need a cloak to be(come) invisible...

 ...it seems like his "greatness" is inconsistent - he is, at times, 
able to do, and feel and know so much...and sometimes not. 

 Harry has not been completely safe under Dumbledore's protection - 
every story involves someone or something evil within Hogwarts, 
including Voldemort (or at least Voldemort's current body under 
Quirrel's turbin).  In CoS, Nagini slithers through the very heart of 
Hogwart's, presumably, having been there for Dumbledore's entire
stint 
as headmaster.  In PoA, especially, but throughout the series really, 
we have Peter Pettigrew in the form of Scabbers within the walls of 
Hogwart's.  And in GoF we have the whole fake Moody scenario, again 
for the entire school year!  The portkey...all of these instances 
occur well within Dumbledore's realm of protection.
 
 ...yet, how could Dumbledore lack the sensitivity, the intuition,
how 
could he not FEEL the presence of Voldemort 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.

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

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