Loyalty to Dumbledore Was: Re: When does a war begin?

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> Renee:

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But what I was arguing in my previous post was that according to DD 
himself (COS), it was his loyalty to DD that saved Harry, through 
the intervention of Fawkes. To me, this suggests that JKR presents 
loyalty to DD as some kind of standard by which to judge the various 
characters' actions, a kind of moral compass. If this is the case, 
it can't be disproved by the fact that characters don't give him 
their absolute trust.


Alla:

Yes, I agree 100%. I also think that we are supposed to judge 
characters being good or bad  depending on whether they are loyal to 
Dumbledore or to Voldemort. I do think that division between Black 
side and Light side is painted VERY clearly. The fun part begins 
when we take a look at those who fight for the light - at least they 
are portrayed with grey colours too.

Oh, yes, back to Dumbledore. Do you think his infamous "I trust 
Severus Snape" will have some fun implications eventually? :o)

Like with his dying breath Dumbledore will tell Harry : "I was wrong 
to trust Severus Snape. I am a very bad judge of character. Watch 
out, Harry!" :o)


Alla