Themes in OotP (was Re: Angry Harry in HBP?)

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> SSSusan:

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I know it's fiction and JKR wrote it the way she wanted to write it, 
but I'm getting back to the question which was raised by HunterGreen 
as to whether it was *believable* that so many adults would have 
failed Harry in this way.  As she said, "the whole situation was 
horrifically mismanaged" and I agree with that assessment.



Alla:

Great post, Susan. I absolutely agree that whole situation was 
horrifically mismanaged as Rebecca said, but I did find a way to 
rationalise it somehow.

We have no problem understanding that Dumbledore can make mistakes, 
right? Well, to me the reason why so many adults failed Harry so 
badly is simply because they put too much trust in Dumbledore 
infallibility (is this even a word). You know, we may not agree with 
him personally, but since he is the only wizard Voldemort ever 
feared, we will do what he says and hope for the best kind of thing. 
Does it make sense?