Dumbledore's serious errors & what did he do to make up for it/Harry's trust.

[megalynn44]

No: HPFGUIDX 122906



> Finwitch:
> 
> Or despite of them. Dumbledore *has* erred several times...
<snip long list of errors in first four books>

I have read through multiple posts like these, where it seems a 
number of people on this board do not feel OOTP was the first time 
Dumbledore made a mistake. I however, feel OOTP was the first time DD 
FAILED Harry.

The reason being, there is a very big difference between being 
deceived, and making a bad decision. All the instances in teh first 
four books were cases of Dumbledore being deceived, but he always 
made the right decision with the information he had. In OOOTP he was 
not being deceived. He knew the situation and DECIDED to keep Harry 
in the dark which proved to be a detrimental mistake.

Because of this, I think there will be  a huge schism between Harry 
and DD. It will be much harder for Harry to blindly trust Dumbledore, 
and that's the big point here.

~Megs