Tom Riddle (was: Voldemort's name)

[angelberri56]

No: HPFGUIDX 82033

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marci" 
<blackgold101 at y...> wrote:
> 
> "Geoff Bannister"  <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Re Dumbledore calling him "Tom". 
> > > 
> > > Is Dumbledore more likely to want to make LV feel small or 
to try 
> > to 
> > > reach something reachable? I shall duck, don a tin hat, 
duck 
> behind 
> > > the battlements and wait for the theories to fly over me.


My immediate thought on this when I first read this scene in 
OotP, was, "Wow, Dumbledore is such a great guy..." I loved how 
he called LV  "Tom", and I think that it really symbolized 
Dumbledore's perspective on authority. I took it as DD belittling 
LV, and sort of standing up to him. DD is trying to show that he is 
not afraid, and that LV is just a person, like everyone else. By 
calling him by his real name, and not by "Lord", he is denouncing 
the title, and speaking to him on a casual level. (We have seen 
that DD likes to do what he wants... he does respect authority, of 
course, but he also stands up to it when he thinks something is 
wrong.) So in this situation, DD is ripping up LV's authority, and 
dumping it on the ground. 

I'd also like to make a random note about how respectful DD is. 
He is so deferential, always replying politely and in everyone's 
best interest. He never (not that we have seen anyway) blown up 
and screamed at anyone. The only way we've seen him express 
anger is through Harry's description of the power DD gives off 
when he's mad. "a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore 
as though he were giving off burning heat." (P. 679, Ch. 35, GoF). 
This shows why he is probably a sufficient occlumens; he is 
able to control his emotions very very well. 

Any comments on this? 

-angelberri56, who thinks Dumbledore might start becoming her 
favorite character, besides Harry of course....   : >)