Broken Wand and Dumbledore's death

[abigailnus]

No: HPFGUIDX 56340

Darrin wrote, about Dumbledore's impending death:
> This is bolstered by the blatant Gandalf-izing of Dumbledore at 
the 
> end of GoF, when Harry sees him REALLY ticked off.

You think Dumbledore is Gandalf-ized at the end of GoF?  Because I 
have to say I don't see it.  Frankly, I think seeing Dumbledore as a 
Gandalf clone doesn't really survive careful scrutiny.  There are 
obviously superficial similarities.  Gandalf and Dumbledore are both 
the mentor figures, which is a pretty well defined role without much 
room for variety, and Dumbledore does bear a close resemblance to 
early Gandalf - both in appearance and in his slightly daffy 
behavior, but that Gandalf exists only in The Hobbit and the very 
beginning of FOTR.  He is very soon replaced by Gandalf the general 
of war, and I've yet to see Dumbledore make that transition.  The 
end of GoF hinted at it, but I suspect we're still going to see a 
lot of twinkly Dumbledore.

And as long as we're on the subject, why does equating Dumbledore to 
Gandalf *strengthen* the argument that Dumbledore is going to die?  
Surely we all remember how that turned out?

Abigail
Waving my 'Dead Lupin in OOP' flag