What should Harry REALLY feel sorry for?

[Christy]

No: HPFGUIDX 116802


I think that I'd like to suggest something a little different here.
Away from Sirius, Hermione, and Ron, I think that Harry should
honestly feel sorry that he ever doubted Dumbledore. This is really
where the problems came from. Harry ended up convinced that Dumbledore
was somehow trying to do him harm or treat him like a baby. 

Now, Dumbledore may have to an extent been trying ro protect Harry. In
fact, he admits as much when he talks to Harry later. However,
throughout the last two books, Harry has become increasingly
distrustful of people (which may or may not be justified and I don't
want to argue that point right now). Certainly, as a child Harry had
reason to not trust people, and I think that as a teenager it's easy
to mistrust authority figures. But I think that Harry simply took some
of Sirius' anger toward his (Sirius') situation and transferred it to
Dumbledore. Dumbledore has protected Harry from the beginning, and
Harry's distrust of that is what got him in trouble, IMHO.

Dumbledore has never given Harry reason to not trust him and Harry not
only decided to ignore that but then put himself and several of his
friends in great danger before thinking about any of those circumstances.

Cheers,
Christy