Harry left at the Dursleys (Was Re: Plot in OotP)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 118098



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> Now, this doesn't fully address why Dumbledore didn't intervene 
> there, but I think we have more coming there per comments about his 
> letter to Petunia, and the coherent if ungratifying resort of how 
> Dumbledore doesn't *force* people.  That is to say, he lets people 
> make their own mistakes.  

Yes, and this is actually what I meant, he supposedly loves Harry but 
left him at the Dursleys without interfering with their abuse.  And 
you are right, the thing about not forcing people is coherent AND 
ungratifying, as it essentially makes him an accomplice through 
inaction.  It is one thing to decide for yourself not to object to 
abuse.  It is quite another to stand aside and let someone ELSE be 
abused, particularly a defenseless person and particularly a child.  
If it goes this way I would acknowledge that JKR has connected the 
dots, but not in a very skillful way if she truly wants us to believe 
that Dumbledore is "the epitome of goodness."

But, as Alla says, we will have to see.  Perhaps she will indeed 
manage to come up with some explanation that saves Dumbledore from 
looking either foolish or an accomplice.

Lupinlore