Dumbledore's 'Plan' for Harry

njelliot2003 nelliot at ozemail.com.au
Fri Aug 29 14:17:19 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 79194

In the chapter The Lost Prophesy of OoP, Dumbledore tells Harry 
about his plan for him. But what is the plan? The only plan I heard 
was to save Harry's life by using the blood link/charm of his Aunt 
Petunia. That part of the plan succeeds - "Five years ago, then .... 
you arrived at Hogwars, neither as happy nor as well-nourished as I 
wold have liked, perhaps, yet alive and healthy. You were not a 
pampered little prince, but as normal a boy as I could have hoped 
under the circumstance. Thus far, my plan was working well." (OoP 
pg. 737, last para, au. ed.)

But after that I couldn't work out what the rest of DD's plan for 
Harry entails. 

And what is the 'flaw' in the plan? Dumbledore said that the flaw 
was delaying the revealation of why big V wanted to kill him. His 
reason for staying mum was to save Harry from the great burden it 
would place on him. DD's weakness was that he grew to love Harry and 
wanted to spare him further pain. But how does Harry knowing about 
the prophesy change the plan? 

As DD knew, Harry now has an *enormous* burden on his shoulders (as 
if he hasn't suffered enough!) but I don't see how this affects DD's 
plan. 

If this has been discussed before, could someone please point me to 
a relevant message?

Nicholas who-thinks-there-must-be-more-to-the-plan-but-either-DD/JKR-
doesn't-want-to-give-it-away-yet-or-he-missed-something Elliot 






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