Confusion about the TT. DD knows everything...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 124088


Betsy wrote:
The way I see it, Harry was completely wrong. Dumbledore did *not*
want Harry to go after the Stone. He did *not* want Harry to have
his chance to face Voldemort. Dumbledore's behavior in OotP makes
that perfectly clear. He would do anything to *delay* the meeting of
Harry and Voldemort for as many years as he could.

Also, Harry going after the Stone very nearly screwed the entire WW.
Only Harry could get the Stone from the mirror, and if Dumbledore
hadn't shown up when he did, Quirrell would have killed Harry and run
off with the Stone, and Voldemort would have been sitting pretty.
(Harry was left in a three day coma, which is pretty serious in the
RW, and is probably fairly serious in the WW where they throw off
injuries relatively easily.)

Actually, there's a bit of a parrallel between PS/SS and OotP in that
Harry puts himself and his friends in danger in order to face what he
sees as a threat, and the threat turns out to be not so much. And in
both cases, Harry's very presence almost gives Voldemort exactly what
he's seeking. (Hmmm. Should we be keeping an eye on Ginny in the
next book?)

vmonte responds:

I think that Harry did go against Dumbledore's wishes during OOTP, 
but I think that in books 1-4 Dumbledore was allowing Harry and gang 
to do a lot. Why didn't Dumbledore take care of Buckbeak and Sirius 
himself during PoA? He could have taken some polyjuice and TT himself 
don't you think? It's a pretty dangerous job he gave two thirteen-
year-olds. He is definitely training them, IMO. Harry needs training 
in order to be able to defeat Voldemort. Dumbledore is also using 
Hermione and Ron's gifts to help Harry along as well.  

Vivian

JKR: Dumbledore, um, I don't want to say too much on this because you 
may find that it gives too much away but Dumbledore is a very wise 
man who firstly knows that Harry is going to have to learn a few hard 
lessons to prepare him for what may be coming in his life so he 
allows Harry to do an awful lot of things he maybe wouldn't allow 
another pupil to do and he also unwillingly permits Harry to confront 
a lot of things rather than protect him from but as people who have 
finished Order of the Phoenix will know Dumbledore has had to step 
back a little bit from Harry in an effort to teach him some of life's 
harder lessons.

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2003/0626-alberthall-fry.htm

SF: You have to push your beloved chickens out of the nest

JKR: You do