Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

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No: HPFGUIDX 124401


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> wrote:
> Oh please.  There is no excuse for child abuse.  PERIOD.  There is no
> excuse for letting it go on.  PERIOD.  There is no excuse for using a
> child as a tool.  PERIOD.  There is no excuse for allowing Harry to
> grow up without dedicated and loving adult support.  PERIOD.  There is
> no excuse for Dumbledore's lack of care.  PERIOD.
> 
> 
> Lupinlore

Whiz:

But Harry is a tool, or maybe more specifically, a weapon.  And there
are those who would try to wrest control of this weapon from Dumbledore.

We know that emotions are involved in some spells, happiness for the
patronus, humor for the ridikulus and a certain sadism for the
cruciatus.  We also know that when Harry gets emotional, he sometimes
makes stuff happen, so called wild magic.  So controling Harry's
emotional state is a means of controling the weapon that he is.  This,
I believe is Snape's goal.  

But Dumbledore has other goals.  We see Dumbledore putting Harry in
situations where he must control his emotions, he has to calm down and
think, he has to evoke emotions that are not the ones that come
naturally in given situations sometimes, just to survive.  Controlling
Harry's emotions is controlling a power tool or weapon.

For Snape, wresting control of Harry from Dumbledore is very
important, because Snape  needs Harry to free him from Voldemort.  He
uses Harry for his purposes.

For Dumbledore, helping Harry learn to feel and control his emotions
is also empowering him to control the powerful forces at his disposal.
 Dumbledore knows what he's doing.