Dumbledore & Harry's security

eiffelangel eiffelangel at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 12 02:26:00 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 80531


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 So.... maybe... Dumbledore invisibly follows Harry around the 
school. 
> Just my crazy idea... but it kinda makes sense right? 
> 
> "theredshoes86"

I believe you are correct, theredshoes86, and I think I can prove 
it. Based on what I know of J.K. and her writing style, I know that 
she scrutinizes over every name in her books, and each has 
double, or even tripple meanings. (to see what I mean, try and 
find out about the symbolic meanings of Lilies and Petunias). I 
never knew what "Dumbledore" meant until I read "THe 
Mysteries and Secrets of Harry Potter" (the reason I got "Hooked 
on Harry" in the first place, an awesome read, I highly 
recommend it). The book says that Dumbledore means 
"bulmblebee" in olde english. What does this have to do with 
anything? Piece of proof #2: Riddle says that Dumbledore was 
his transfiguration teacher. McGonagall is the current teacher, 
and she can turn into a cat. It seems to imply that in order to 
teach Transfigurastion, you must be able to transfigure yourself. 
Since Riddle would have no reason to lie abut which class 
Dumbledore taught, I am assuming (for the time being) that we 
can trust him on htis one. I can only conclude that Dumbledoe 
can turn into a bee, if not some kind of insect. Re-read and note 
all of the instances when Harry or someone else hears a bug 
(and it may not be Rita Skeeter). If you ask me, this would be a 
guise fit for the omniscient professor. Who would suspect a fly in 
their room of being the ever-present Headmaster?






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