JKR Chat "The Crucial and Central Question"

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 92389

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> If he had chosen the easy route he'd have allowed Voldemort into 
> Harry sooner and then killed Harry while Voldemort was inside 
Harry's > mind. The fact that he didn't do that and had Snape teach 
Harry > occlumency thus sacrificing Snape's time as a OOTP member and 
as a > spy signals that he cares for Harry and wants him intact.


------------Two things I'd say to this:

1. Having heard the prophecy, Dumbledore knows that no-one but Harry 
is going to be able to kill Voldemort, so that trying to kill V while 
inside Harry isn't going to work.

2. I think he assigned Snape to teach occlumency (one) because he 
didn't want to risk Voldemort knowing he cared about Harry, as he 
told him, but also (two) I think he was hoping Snape & Harry might 
find some common ground, something sympathetic in the other. 
Dumbledore seems to be an optimist where human relationships are 
concerned--he hoped that Snape and Sirius would put aside their 
animosity--I think he's hoping that Harry and Snape will work 
TOGETHER at some point. The fact that they hate each other so much 
that Snape threw Harry out and Harry never thought to go to Snape 
about his vision pretty much shows that THAT's not going to happen 
any time soon, but I think Dumbledore is hoping!

Deb in NJ