Dumbledore the General

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No: HPFGUIDX 124317


Betsy:
In a completely cold-blooded way of looking at things, Sirius's 
death may actually be a good thing.  Sirius was coming apart in OotP 
and he wasn't being the best influence on Harry.  His death takes 
him out of the way and makes for a nice rallying cry to help 
motivate Harry in taking down Voldemort.  It's even more personal 
now.



Alla:

Ummm, don't you think that Sirius being ALIVE in ANY kind , shape or 
form is better for Harry than dead Sirius? Harry blames Dumbledore 
too for ignoring the basics of Sirius nature and keeping him locked 
up. So, it is possible that Sirius' death will make Harry more 
motivated to kill Voldemort OR ( which I see as equally likely 
scenario) Sirius' death may be just the thing Harry needs to tell 
Dumbledore to leave him alone.

Betsy: 
However, I'm in no way suggesting that Dumbledore was secretly 
hoping for this outcome.  And I think he fully recognizes the pain 
Harry is going through.  I actually disagree that Harry's grief is 
swept under the carpet, both in OotP and in GoF.  I think Dumbledore 
does a good job of giving Harry a place and time to work through his 
shock and pain.  (The presence of Fawkes in GoF was probably a big 
help, I think.)  And he forces Harry to face his pain rather than 
push it down as Harry wanted to do at the end of OotP.  I think this 
was a good thing.

Alla:

Eh? Dumbledore left a traumatised boy alone during whole summer 
aftre GoF and completely closed any channels of information for him.

At the end of OOP, Dumbledore pulled as Renee said "blame the victim 
act" and gave Harry a lecture about how badly Sirius treated 
Kreacher. ( Die, Kreacher, die now. :)) I call Dumbledore's handling 
of Harry's grief " in very poor taste" at best.



Betsy: 
I also think that Harry's emotional well-being is a priority with 
Dumbledore.  I just think he handles it differently than others on 
this list would want him to. 

Alla:

I cannot disagree more about this statement. I think Dumbledore 
either does not care AT ALL about Harry's emotional well-being OR he 
has no clue whatsoever about how to improve Harry's emotional well-
being. 


"For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regards to 
you, bears all the hallmarks of the failings of agre. Youth cannot 
know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget 
what it was to be young... and I seem to have forgotten lately>" -
OOP, p.826

He proved it quite nicely, IMO, by leaving him with Dursleys, by not 
giving him ANY support in summer after GoF and of course during the 
whole OOP and at the end of OOP.


Just my opinion,

Alla