[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's serious errors & what did he do to make up for it/Harry's trust.

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 122990

> Siriusly Snapey Susan, willing to blame DD for some things but not 
> quite so much as this.


Quite possibly the biggest mistake that DUmbledore made was not
talking to Harry about the occasions when his scar hurt and finding
out what exactly the pain entailed.  It's clear that Dumbledore
didn't take into account the fact that Harry was not only channelling
Voldemort's thoughts and receiving his mental images but was also
experiencing his emotions as well.  

Had Dumbledore been aware of the emotional component, he would have
realized that Harry would have been confused about where his own
emotions ended and where Voldemort's began, and therefore
explanations would have had to be more explicit to have had results. 
Certainly Harry didn't seem to be aware that he was receiving more
than just mental images from Voldemort.

One missed opportunity was at Christmas time when Harry told Sirius
he thought he was going mad, and Sirius tried to dismiss it so as not
to worry Harry and obey Dumbledore's strictures about not talking to
Harry about the subject.

By the end of the book, before they go to the MoM, it's hard to know
which emotions were Harry's and which were Voldemort's.

On the other hand, will we see in Book 7 an attempt by Harry to
reverse the process and take control of VOldemort's mind?

Magda



		
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