Dumbledore's integrity (was Prophecy problems)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 79321

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:
Regarding Dumbledore's ultimate motive:


> He exerts a huge amount of control over the narrative of each book, 
> and tends to reveal this control, almost gloatingly, in his annual 
> end-of-term interview with Harry. People in this sort of position 
> often have to play people like pawns and act ruthlessly, even if 
> they're working for a greater good, as I'm sure Dumbledore is. 
> (Although not everyone is convinced - another Fantastic Post to 
have 
> a look at on this topic is Talisman's "Dumbledore is GUILTY!": 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/66983)
>  I think it's important to remember that the series seems to be 
> increasingly directing our attention towards the fact that no human 
> being is infallible, and that human characters are not fixed and 
> easily comprehensible. An alternative reading of Dumbledore's 
actions 
> throughout the books can make him seem astonishingly cold-blooded 
at 
> times. Listies have debated endlessly the extent of his knowledge 
of 
> Quirrell's plot in PS, and the moral implications of his complicity 
> in Harry's involvement. He's certainly not as closed a book as you 
> make him out to be. 
> 
> Kirstini
> (who, incidentally, would like to point out that Dumbledore keeping 
> Trelawny at Hogwarts after her sacking does not in itself prove 
that 
> she keeps knowledge of her real prophecies in her subconscious. 
> Trelawny is one of the other people able to pick the prophecy up 
from 
> the Dpt of Mysteries.
> However, it has just occurred to me that Harry if Pensieves really 
> are objective, Harry may be able to review his memory of the point 
> when it broke and actually listen to what Ghosty Sybill has to say. 
> And I find that thought oddly comforting.


Me:
Having followed Talisman's trail for a while, I can tell you she has 
never asserted that Dumbledore is evil. He is a great wizard who has 
to do some very difficult things. If that makes him cold-blooded, 
then so be it. But she never doubts his ultimate motives for a moment.
Jennifer