Fletcher, Lockhart and Snape

[bookraptor11 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27583

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prima_donna_23 at y... wrote:
> Sounds like the name of a law firm to me!
> 
> Hi, I'm new here & my name's Kim.

Hi Kim.

> Lockhart - IMHO Dumbledore didn't know that Lockhart was a fraud 
when 
> he hired him, but started getting suspicious when he noticed how 
> completely incompetent Lockhart was at anything DADA related. If 
> Quirrell and 'Moody' (ie Crouch in disguise) could fool him, then 
why 
> not Lockhart

There must be reasons why Dumbledore decides to hire them.  Otherwise 
the only person Voldemort fears (besides Harry) makes three 
potentially disasterous mistakes three years running.  It makes me 
think of the chess game in SS; Ron had to think several moves ahead 
and sacrifice himself so Harry could move forward. Maybe to succeed 
in the end D has to let dangerous situations play themselves out. 
Maybe they're hired so D can keep them close, or because Harry has to 
face them and learn something from each.  

Donna