Dumbledore

[mjollner]

No: HPFGUIDX 33446

> > lilahp wrote:
> > And for my money, I'd let Our Mentor and Hero Emeritus, 
> > Dumbledore, have it, too! I know all the reasons he left 
> > Harry there, and I know about the magic spells, the comic 
> > relief, and all that, but I still think it's unconscionable! 
> > 
> flower_fairy12 <graceofmyheart at h...> wrote:
> Yes, I agree! For all the reasoning in the world, I do not think 
> that Harry should have been left in the care of the Dursleys. 
> They clearly hate him, and how they have got away with all the 
> abuse for the past 13 years is weird.


JKR has said that Dumbledore is goodness personified; in which case 
the reason Harry was left there was that Dumbledore knew he would be 
safe and protected no matter what (with the added protection of his 
mother's love and sacrifice, undoubtedly instrumental in Harry being 
as well-adjusted as he is, though Harry himself is not aware of it), 
and wouldn't grow up full of himself.

The Dursleys have fed and clothed and educated Harry, albeit more 
poorly than Dudley; and should get some credit for that however 
reprehensible their behavior otherwise.  

> > lilahp again:
> > I think Harry should eventually be angry with Dumbledore, too! 
> 
> >Also, who gave Dumbledore the right to risk a child's life over and 
> > over again (if that is indeed what he is doing)? I know it serves 
> the story, but they are only kids. How would Ron's and Hermione's 
> parents 
> > feel, for example, if they knew the kinds of predicaments that 
> > Dumbledore perhaps "led" their children to? Their judgment is not 
> > that of an adult's.

Remember, there is more to Harry than what we know or than what Harry 
himself knows, mainly the reason that Voldemort was trying to kill him 
in the first place.  It is hinted that Dumbledore must know of a 
prophecy concerning these two, and decided to give Harry some practice 
in facing LV within the relative safety of Hogwart's (and where 
Dumbledore could protect him and help him) before Harry has to do it 
for real and for keeps.

Arthur and Molly know what evil is, and trust Dumbledore implicitly.  
They'd not be likely to criticize him for Ron's "adventures."  The 
Grangers know little about the wizarding world, except what they hear 
from their daughter.

mjollner