Dumbledore and the 'rules' of fiction

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 1196

Neil,

My reason for believing that Dumbledore cannot be evil is that there 
it would be a terrible betrayal on JKR's part to do so. Instead of
the Hero story of good and evil, the books would serve instead to 
teach their readers that 1) the world is no d*** good; 2)No one is to 
be trusted, ever; and 3) good is illusory. I would regret very much 
that my daughters ever read them. It would be about the worst things
a 
writer of young people's books ever did. There's enough cynicism as
it is. I don't believe for an instant that JKR is doing it.

You are right, I don't know for certain that Dumbledore
isn't going to turn out to be Dark. I do have a strong belief.