Animagi, Hedwig and Forbidden Forest

[bugaloo37]

No: HPFGUIDX 42576

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Grace" <SaalsG at c...> wrote:
wrote: 
> I don't think he needs to be an animagus either.  We already know 
that lots
> of owls have been going Dumbledore from the MoM because Fudge sends 
them
> daily.  Essentially, I get the sense that Dumbledore has his thumb 
on
> everything that goes on and when he encounters a situation (like 
Buckbeak)
> that he knows - and everyone else knows - is really not his place 
to be, he
> defers or works around, problem solving quietly in the background.  
I really
> don't thik he has the time to spend 2 months of the summer being 
Hedwig in
> order to baby sit Harry.  There are far more important things going 
on in
> the WW than Harry.
> 
> CoS, Harry enters Dumbledore's office for the first time.
> "It was a larger circular room, full of funny little noises.  A 
number of
> curious silver instruments stood on spindle-legged tables, whirring 
and
> emitting little puffs of smoke."
> 
> I think JKR wanted the reader to assume that Dumbledore has a 
fascination
> for gagets.  But I suspect that what he really has is a fascination 
and a
> need for information. It wouldn't be hard to realize that all these 
little
> instruments are information-gathering aids.
> 
> Grace

I do not believe that Dumbledore's animagus is an owl either, but I 
do believe there is a possibility that he transforms into something 
else-another animal that has not been revealed to us.  As for baby-
sitting Harry, I think Dumbledore does that without being in the room 
with him. He seems to aware of Harry's whereabouts and is there for 
him even when he is physically not there. Also as to Harry's 
importance to the WW-IMHO, I think he is extremely important-why else 
would he have had all the protection he has had up to this point. 
Dumbledore not only watches over Harry -protectively- he also seems 
to be a sort of catalyst-steering him in certain directions.  I am 
not removing Harry's free will in stating that- he still has to make 
the choices of which routes to take.  IMO, Harry is the key to the 
ultimate downfall of Voldemort-how that will be accomplished, of 
course, is the mystery.
bugaloo37