[HPforGrownups] re: over 1000 posts, scroll down to see if any are interesting

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 109557


--- "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at wicca.net> wrote:
>>Magda wrote in
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/108302 :
>>Dumbledore says that the "Power the Dark Lord knows not" is love.
>>That's why he didn't anticipate Lily's sacrifice for Harry. If
Harry
>>has this power, then he will be able to defeat the DL permanently.
>>How to make sure Harry has this power? By letting him grow up as
>>normally as possible, come to Hogwarts, make friends, discover the
>>warmer emotions including real love (as we saw with Sirius). >>

>If that was DD's goal, he took a BIG risk placing Harry with the
>Dursleys. I understand the argument that DD had to place HP with
them
>for the sake of physical protection (by living with his mothers's
>blood kin), but it risked HP learning Dursley values.


Yes, but that was precisely what Dumbledore knew he had to do.  He
KNEW he HAD to take that risk because only by successfully overcoming
that early adversity of life with the Dursleys would Harry be able to
confront Voldemort successfully.  That's why he's so keen to let
Harry be a "normal" kid without telling him too much about his
ultimate fate.  The older Harry gets and the more challenges he
overcomes using his own resources, the stronger he gets in terms of
magic.  Coupled with the essential goodness of his character (Magic +
Virtue), he's developing nicely into a good wizard capable of
defeating Voldemort.

And keep in mind, Dumbledore doesn't realize there are only two more
books.  He thinks that Harry can reach adulthood before he confronts
Voldemort.

What would have been the result of Harry knowing too young about the
prophecy?  He might have freaked out.  He might have determined to
learn all about strong magic so that he'd be ready for the final
battle - and in the process submerging all his better feelings in a
quest for revenge against his parents' murderer.  In short, he
wouldn't have developed the love he needs to prevail.

Magda 


	
		
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