CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 27, The Centaur and the Sneak

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 113998

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hannah" 
<hannahmarder at y...> wrote:

> In OotP, DD messes up big time IMO.  And a lot of his problem 
comes  from believing that he is all-powerful, and can somehow 
make  everything work out all right without even explaining the 
situation  properly to those it concerns (ie. Harry).  He doesn't 
teach Harry  occlumency himself in case LV uses it to attack him, 
but considers  it OK to get his top spy to take that risk!<

If Snape has indeed returned to Voldemort as Dumbledore's 
double agent, then Snape is the safest choice. Voldemort is not 
likely to attack his own spy, and  won't need to use Harry to peer 
into Snape's mind, since he can do that himself, in person, when 
Snape reports. 

Dumbledore's calm certainty that he can get out of Azkaban may 
not be arrogance but simply another clue that he is an 
Animagus. Nor do I think it was arrogance that made him say 
that he was not going into hiding at Grimmauld Place and Fudge 
would soon be sorry that he had dislodged Dumbledore from 
Hogwarts. It could have been misdirection--let Voldemort, 
through Harry, think that Dumbledore is concentrating his efforts 
on Fudge. Dumbledore's goal, remember, is to lure Voldemort 
out of hiding so that the ministry will realize he has returned. 

Pippin
who would also like to know where Dumbledore went -- how do 
we know he even left Hogwarts at all? He can make himself 
invisible.