[HPforGrownups] Re: Oops! Dumbledore did it again!

[StarHermione86 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51021

In a message dated 1/28/03 3:17:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tahewitt at yahoo.com writes:


> I don't have the books in front of me (I'm wasting
> time at work!) but one example I can think of is the
> Mirror of Erised in PS/SS. Isn't it possible that it
> was placed where Dumbledore knew Harry would find it,
> and learn how it works, before he HAD to use it to get
> the stone? If so, doesn't that point to Dumbledore
> training Harry? 
> 
> 

The thing about the first book, however, is that the stone would have 
actually been *safer* if Harry had not interfered. Voldemort/Quirrell could 
have stood there all night, did all the hocus pocus imaginable and still 
could not have gotten the stone out of that mirror because of selfish 
motives. In every other book Harry's help has been needed, but in the first 
book I think Harry just stuck his nose in where it didn't belong. <g> Still 
love him for it, though.

Sheryl


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