[HPforGrownups] Re: In defense of Dumbledore (was In defense of Snape)

[Jamie]

No: HPFGUIDX 19379

--- foxmoth at qnet.com wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > Barbara wrote:
> > 
> > >  Thank you!  I've always thought that Dumbledore
> > >  probably knew exactly what was going on.  He doesn't
> > >  like to tip his hand.
> > 
> > Jami wrote:
> >  
> > > But this infers that Dumbledore knew that Quirrell was trying to 
> > kill Harry, 
> > > and didn't do anything. I don't want to go there.
> > 
> > Hi, Jami!  Welcome to the wonderful world of HPforGU!
> > 
> > I'm not entirely comfortable going there either, but Harry himself 
> > surmises that it's more or less the case, and is a lot more 
> > comfortable with it than I am:
> > 
> 	I wouldn't say Dumbledore didn't do anything! Snape, Hagrid and 
> McGonagall and Firenze were all watching Harry like a hawk.  Attacking  
> Quirrel prior to his attempt on the Stone would have done Dumbledore no 
> good. Voldemort would simply have abandoned Quirrel and returned in 
> some other form, putting Harry and The Stone in even greater danger. 
> 	Dumbledore allows Harry to get into risky situations, but if he 
> didn't, if he sheltered Harry instead, would Harry have been prepared 
> to resist Voldemort in GoF? 
> Pippin
> 
> 

Hello.  I am uncomfortable with the idea of the idea of Dumbledore knowing that
Quirrel was after Harry and not doing anything about it, but I've been
pondering this all afternoon and now I have a few thoughts.

Unlike Fudge, Dumbledore never seemed to thing that Voldemort would never rise
to power again.  It seems from GoF that he has been waiting for him to
resurface all these years.  Maybe they were trying to catch Voldemort in a more
vulnerable form to prevent this?

Maybe it's Harry's destiny to defeat Voldemort in the end.  Maybe Dumbledore
senses this and instead of preventing it, he is making sure that Harry gains
the necessary training for this feat.  (It would be a little anti-climatic if
anyone but Harry defeated the Dark Lord).

Anyway, those are my thoughts.  And, btw, does Dumbledore remind anyone else of
Lloyd Alexander's Dallben?

- Jamie



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