Why Voldemort doesn't challenge Dumbledore?

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No: HPFGUIDX 29378

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Peg Kerr <pkerr06 at a...> wrote:
>Maybe, but that ascribes a sort of cold ambitiousness to Dumbledore 
>that I don't think is quite in character.  I think the fact that 
>Dumbledore isn't interested in being the Minister of Magic has a 
>lot more to do with what he thinks is really important:  educating 
>young people, molding young minds.  I am very taken with Alan 
>Jacobs' article (which I've mentioned ad infinitum, forgive me if 
>you're sick of hearing about it), which discusses how Dumbledore's 
>life work is teaching young people how to use power in a moral 
>fashion.

     Peg, I absolutely agree. I like to think of Dumbledore as the 
moral centre of the world J.K. has created. There is a recurring 
theme that morality is not always what it seems to be (i.e. 
therefore the "wink-wink" type of rule breaking that Dumbldore 
encourages, as well as the character shift that Hermione undergoes 
as she learns that what is "right" is not always what she has been 
taught, told, or what she has lectured to others about, among other 
examples.)
     The other characters learn about justice, revenge, loyality, 
and other "moral" issues, and they grapple with them in endearing 
and fascinating ways. Dumbledore, however, does not grapple. As the 
archtypical "elder" he knows, and knows things far beyond what is 
expected. There are those (including Richard Harris!) who think that 
this makes him boring. I think it makes him pivotal, and, for 
myself, somewhat psychologically comforting. I don't know...I just 
love the guy! 
     Thanks for the pro-Dumby post! :)

Cheers!

Cornflower O'Shea


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