[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP Dumbledore

[Kimberly Dawkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 65046

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On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 01:20  PM, susanbones2003 wrote:
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> ME:
> I, too found the "usual" wrap-up with Dumbledore to be very forced,
> odd and out of sync with what Harry needed and was feeling. All I can
> account for it is the urgency with which Dumbledore felt he needed to
> act. (This book shows me Dumbledore's fallibility unlike any of the
> previous books)He'd waited too long and to wait another minute would
> be to endanger Harry further, something that he finally realizes he's
> been doing inadvertantly and can no longer risk.

I have been wondering what kind of precautions Dumbledore took during 
his talk with Harry to ensure Voldemort couldn't appear inside Harry as 
he had earlier.  All year long, Dumbledore wouldn't even look Harry in 
the eye for fear of this.  The one moment he did just before Harry and 
the Weasleys took the portkey in his office, Voldemort appeared 
immediately.  So why not during this rather long discussion near the 
end of the book?  What had changed?

Kim (who is now reading the newest posts having abandoned the idea of 
reading them all)