[HPforGrownups] Can we believe in Dumbledore?

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 11621

bob.mornington at wanadoo.fr wrote:

> Don't you think that only a credible Dumbledore who has weaknesses and
> overcomes them would be capable of helping Harry to become street
> wise? Because Harry's going to have to develop into a pretty shrewd
> character to bring about the final downfall of Voledemort and his
> cronies, and believing in a Dumbledore-Father Christmas just isn't
> going to help him.

Well, I thought the little aside at the end of GoF, when many Slytherins
did not rise to toast Harry, and it's mentioned that Dumbledore did not
see this, was rather a foot-stomper that Dumbledore does not know all,
see all, and that he could fail to take some things into account. I tend
to interpret his character as Old Age & Experience, tending to let Youth
& Innocence find their own way as much as possible, but helping when
necessary.

--Amanda



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