Dumbledore, Gleam & Gandalf

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., fourfuries at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > > 
>   Alot of references are made to Myers Briggs personality types on 
> this list, and Dumbledore desrves his due.  He is very likely to be 
> an ENFP, which under Kiersey's analysis would make him an 
> Idealist/Inspirer.  People of this type love to battle evil, are 
> truth seekers, and have as their career goal to be recognized as a 
> sage.  They are natural leaders, but do not desire to control 
people, 
> are project oriented as opposed to doing routinized work, but are 
> excellent problem solvers, full of knowledge, and have remarkable 
> people skills and powers of persuasion.
> 
>   

  One other note.  Dumbledore is similar to Tolkien's wizard, Gandalf 
The Grey, in several regards.  Both are powerfully magical, 
storehouses of knowledge, the greatest wizards of their respective 
generations.  The big differene is that Dumbledore is a much nicer 
person, who feels for Harry and others, and calculates those feelings 
into his plans and actions.

  Gandalf was happy wandering around Middle-Earth hatching and 
nurturing his many schemes.  In the Hobbit, he left Thorin 
Oakenshield and company to face the dragon Smaug by themselves, and 
left Thorin's father to die in the Necromancer's dungeons.  In the 
trilogy, he was perfectly willing to sacrifice Frodo and Sam if it 
meant destroying his nemesis.  He was a cold calulating thinker type, 
who happened to believe in fighting for the good.

  Dumbledore, on the other hand, was elated by the news that Voldy 
had used Harry's blood in his rebirthing potion (thus the gleam), but 
worn out by the fact that IMO it means that Harry is now even more 
vulnerable to Voldemort's attacks.  In other words, Dumbledore gives 
a damn about the person, Gandalf (and Barty Crouch sr.) cares about 
the outcome.  Does the end justtify the menas? Or is there a right 
way and a wrong way?

 4FR 
    "the truth is a wonderful and terrible thing, and therefore 
should be treated with great care." (paraphrasing) Dumbledore, PS/SS.