Dumbledore

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No: HPFGUIDX 86

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:
> At 04:21 PM 8/25/00 +0000, dorband at u... wrote:
> >    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...
> 
> Dumbledore has the same problem as Ozma in the Oz books.  Time
> and again Baum assures us that Ozma is a great and wise ruler,
> and yet many of her actions "onscreen" seem to suggest that she has
> all the wisdom and leadership skills of Hagrid.  But IMHO it almost
*has*
> to be this way -- if Ozma is totally infallible, then there's no 
> story.  (As it is,
> many Oz books are "ruined" by Ozma materializing at the last minute
and
> fixing everything in one fell swoop.)  But of course, this
necessary emphasis
> on Ozma's mistakes leaves us with a probably "unfair and biased"
view of her
> actual competence.  The same is true, I think, of Dumbledore,
though it
> *would* be nice if JKR showed us his power a little more
frequently...
> 
> 
> 
>
                                                  -- Dave

I like to think that Dumbledore is right on top of things at
Hogwarts. 
I think the old saying, "Keep your friends close, but your enemies 
closer," could certainly apply here.  I think Dumbledore knows
exactly 
who and what roam the castle day and night.  Harry is being groomed,
I 
think, for wizard greatness as it were, under the omnipresent 
Dumbledore, he's there to lead and guide Harry, much the way Merlin
was 
a teacher for Arthur.  Dumbledore is always there for Harry when he 
needs him most.  Dumbledore's "greatness" is quiet and gentle, he 
allows Harry to learn for himself, to tap into his own bravery and 
perhaps, his own greatness one day....Just a thought.