Catching Up - MAGIC DISHWASHER

[bugaloo37]

No: HPFGUIDX 45337

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:
> <snip> 
> It simply (ok, complicatedly) argues that there is evidence that 
> both Voldemort and Dumbledore are making long term strategic plans, 
> (including the famous Flawed Potion) and that the several 
references within the book to `spies' or `sources' mean that both 
sides are using a network of spies (e.g. Snape), informers (e.g. 
Pettigrew),  and undercover agents (e.g. Quirrelmort and Moody/Crouch 
Jr.). 
><snip>

I can go along with the above statement-but there is one more thing I 
would like clarified before I join the bandwagon.  When you say "long 
term strategic plans"-it makes me wonder how exactly does Harry fit 
into this?  Is he a key element? If so, can he be considered a wild 
card at this point?  How heavily are Dumbledore's plans relying on 
the decisions Harry at least seems to be making for himself?  Is 
Harry being manipulated?  If so, how is that being achieved-through 
carefully worded guidance or some other tactic?   I guess my real 
question is this:  is the fact the Dumbledore spends so much time 
teaching Harry to think for himself -part of his long-term plan?  I 
am afraid I just don't see it-how can teaching someone to think for 
himself -ever be a dependable tactic?

bugaloo37