Dumbledore knows

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Harry asked Dumbledore what he saw when he looked into the mirror of 
Erised and his reply was a pair of woolen socks. SS chap. The Mirror 
of Erised pg. 214: "What do you see when you look in the mirror?" "I? 
I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks." 

In GOF chap. The Yule Ball pg. 409: Dobby now handed Harry a small 
package, which turned out to be-socks. "Dobby is making them himself, 
sir!" the elf said happily. "He is buying the wool out of his wages, 
sir!"  

Curious-er and Curious-er. Dumbledore's deepest desire is to have a 
thick pair of "woolen socks" and what does Harry receive from Dobby 
but a pair of woolen socks. 

Dumbledore has a scar of London underground; Harry has a lightening 
bolt-shaped scar.
Dumbledore fought a Dark Wizard; Harry has to fight a Dark Lord.
Dumbledore's phoenix is Fawks; Harry's wand core is from Fawks.
Dumbledore desires woolen socks; Harry receives woolen socks.

What is the connection between Harry and Dumbledore? OOP chap. The 
Lost Prophecy pg. 828: "
I was sure that if he realized that our 
relationship was- or had ever been -closer than that of headmaster 
and pupil, he would seize his chance to use you as a means to spy on 
me. 

Is it a means to spy on Dumbledore or a means to spy on Dumbledore's 
greatest fear? Dumbledore's greatest fear would then be the above 
statement. Dumbledore may be closer (than headmaster and pupil) to 
Harry because of the fight that Dumbledore fought against Grindlewald 
and the fight that Harry must have with Voldemort. Dumbledore has 
been there and needs to teach Harry how to combat his assailant. 

COS chap. The Heir of Slytherin pg. 313: "Voldemort," said Riddle 
softly, "is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter
" This 
statement, IMO, leads me to believe that Voldemort is a separate 
entity from Riddle. "Voldemort" said Riddle
" They are as one but not 
one in the same. This entity, Voldemort, Dark Lord, Dark Wizard, 
Grindlewald, may be Salizar Slytherin who has possessed many over his 
life span of the undead. SS pg. 298 "He is still out there somewhere, 
perhaps looking for another body to share
 not being truly alive, he 
cannot be killed
" To vanquish just the shell of the person who has 
been possessed by this entity will not vanquish the entity itself. 
Quirrell was killed and yet the beast within lived on until it 
reappeared in another's form. SS chap. The Man with Two Faces pg. 
293 "See what I have become?" the face said. "Mere shadow and vapor
 
I have form only when I can share another's body
 but there have 
always been those willing to let me into their hearts and minds
" 
Those? Must have happened many times before.
 
If this is true, then when the entity possessed Tom Riddle and became 
Voldemort attacked the innocent baby Harry, a portion of Tom Riddle 
was left to dwell within Harry (COS pg. 333 "Voldemort put a bit of 
himself in me?" Harry said, thunderstruck." "It certainly seems 
so."). The split in Harry's head as a scar represents the split of 
Tom Riddle. The remaining part of Tom Riddle still resides with the 
entity known as Voldemort. When Voldemort lost the body he was 
residing in he became less powerful. Harry can sense that part of Tom 
Riddle that resides in him. COS chap. The 
Very Secret Diary pg. 233: 
And while Harry was sure he had never 
heard the name T. M. Riddle before, it still seemed to mean something 
to him, almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was 
very small, and had half forgotten. 

In the first several books Harry's scar only hurt when he was 
actually in physical contact with Voldemort. After Voldemort's re-
birth, Harry had a stronger sense of presence. The shared part of Tom 
Riddle, which now is in both Harry and Voldemort, has become more 
alive. SS chap. The Keeper of the Keys pg. 57 "
Dunno if he had 
enough human left in him to die." Voldemort had enough human Tom 
Riddle in him not to die but to sustain to the point of his rebirth. 
This rebirth brought the Tom Riddle factor back strong enough that 
the remains of Tom Riddle that lies almost dormant in Harry becomes 
the connection between Voldemort and Harry. Now Harry's scar almost 
always hurts. When they are physically together it becomes 
unbearable. 

Many have seen the uncanny resemblance of a younger character to a 
counterpart older character, Hermione to McGonnagall, Ron to 
Dumbledore and possibly Grindlewald to Voldemort. History repeats 
itself
 but not if Dumbledore has recognized that defeating the shell 
of this entity will not vanquish it. Instead of Harry killing the 
possessor he may have to save the shell of the person that is being 
possessed, which is Tom Riddle who has been split into two separate 
embodiments, one of which resides in himself the other in Voldemort. 
Instead of killing off the body that houses the Dark Lord, Harry will 
save that which dwells in it (the remaining half of Tom Riddle), 
which will end the possession and vanquish the entity because the 
entity that is the Dark Lord cannot exist without some factor of a 
living soul. 

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