[HPforGrownups] Oops! Dumbledore did it again!

[StarHermione86 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 50894

Sorry for the pun in the title, but does anyone else finds Harry's unwavering 
belief in Dumbledore's powers and protection to be a little ironic? Just 
looking back through the books it becomes clear to me how many times 
Dumbledore didn't know what was going on and didn't have the ability to 
protect Harry. Just a few examples spring to mind right now:

PS/SS - 
--Dumbledore hires a teacher with Voldemort on the back of his head! 
Voldemort had been in his school the entire year and Dumbledore didn't have 
the slightest clue.

GoF-
-- Dumbledore appears to be a better judge of teachers by now. At least by 
this time he only hires an agent of Voldemort and not Voldemort himself.

--He allows the Goblet of Fire, which is shown to be his own special 
responsibility, to be tampered with and a younger student to be entered.

--He allows the Triwizard cup to be turned into a portkey without his 
knowledge and two students to be transported by it.

Now don't get me wrong, I do think Dumbledore is a figure to be respected and 
trusted. He is, though, admired so much that people miss his shortcomings and 
his failures. Harry doesn't seem to realize that Dumbledore is far from 
perfect and he has been in danger many times from error and carelessness on 
Dumbledore's part.

Sheryl




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