All the protections in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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No: HPFGUIDX 89440

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "james320152002" 
<Tigerstormxx at a...> wrote: I just finished reading Harry Potter and 
The Sorcerer's Stone for the 3rd or 4th time and I was just thinking 
were all those protections really necessary ? I am mean Fluffy the 
Three headed dog, The Giant Chess set, The Flying Keys, The Potions 
riddle and the Troll and finally the Mirror Erised. Why did 
Dumbledore go through all that to protect the stone. Wouldn't the 
Fidelius Charm be a much better form of protection with Dumbledore 
himself being secret ?

---------- Don't you think that Dumbledore set this up to be a test 
for Harry and those who have chosen to be his friends?  It's clear 
that the mirror wasn't in place right away - only after Harry had 
been stealing away to view his family did it get taken away and used 
for the final protection...or final test.  He knew way back when, 
what Harry would have to go through, and Harry would also need to 
know he had friends he could count on.  Luckily Harry chose well.

Kathy