Royal Albert Hall Appearance

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 106261

vmonte:
> > 
> > Royal Albert Hall Appearance
> > 
> > June 26 2003
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> > 
> > JKR: Dumbledore, um, I don't want to say too much on this because 
> you
> > may find that it gives too much away but Dumbledore is a very wise
> > man who firstly knows that Harry is going to have to learn a few 
> hard
> > lessons to prepare him for what may be coming in his life so he
> > allows Harry to do an awful lot of things he maybe wouldn't allow
> > another pupil to do and he also unwillingly permits Harry to 
> confront
> > a lot of things rather than protect him from but as people who 
have
> > finished Order of the Phoenix will know Dumbledore has had to step
> > back a little bit from Harry in an effort to teach him some of 
> life's
> > harder lessons.
> > 
> > SF: You have to push your beloved chickens out of the nest
> > 
> > JKR: You do
> > 
> > vmonte: DD training Harry?! More canon for SSSusan's theory about
> > Harry in SS/PS.
 
 
Dzeytoun's reply:  
> As I recall, this was in response to a question 
> about why Dumbledore doesn't react more to some of the injustice 
> Harry faces from Malfoy and company.  I think the moderator made 
the 
> statement that "When we are young we keenly feel injustice... For 
> instance, Dumbledore KNOWS the parents are Death Eaters."  One 
> plausible interpretation of her answer is that although Dumbledore 
> would rather protect Harry from this injustice (i.e. silence Malfoy 
> and perhaps tell Snape to cool it), he knows that Harry needs to 
> learn the poltiical realities up front, so he will be prepared to 
> deal with the harsh battle that is coming.  That is quite a bit 
> different from setting up "tests" or "training exercises."
> 
> I will admit though, that this is one of JKR's most evasive and 
> frustrating statements.  It is hard to know what she means with any 
> degree of certainty, whether with regard to OOTP or anything else.
 

SSSusan:
WAY TO GO, VMONTE!!!!  WELL DONE, and I thank you! :-)  And hey, why 
call it my theory?  It's yours, as well, isn't it?  Or have you cast 
it aside?

Dzeytoun, I thank you for contributing your recollection of the 
context of the quote Vmonte sent in.  It will keep me from getting my 
hopes up *too* high.

**BUT STILL!!**   I think, in particular, the phrase "[DD] allows 
Harry to do an awful lot of things he maybe wouldn't allow another 
pupil to do" fits very nicely with all those dangerous encounters, 
task-related & skill-testing & ability-advancing "adventures," and 
Harry's "I must save the day" actions.  In fact, I think the phrase 
fits better with those things--*and* with the possibility of the 
SS "obstacle course" as being set up for Harry--than it does w/ 
describing DD's allowing Harry to encounter DE kids & a sadistic 
Snape.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, doing a little happy dance just now.