DD not like himself - Horcrux Theory

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No: HPFGUIDX 135563

> Tonks wrote:
> > The thing that gets to me the most is the way 
> he  keeps saying how smart he is, and this is not the humble man 
that I know DD to be. 

hg:
I also found Dumbledore's comments to be out of character -- for a 
Dumbledore/Harry interaction.  Marcela points out: 


> **Marcela now:  ...there are times in which Dumbledore is very 
humble-, there are also times in which he was shown as someone whom 
is very smart "and" knows about it.  

> - in PS/SS Dumbledore praised himself in front of Harry, in 
his 'end-
> of-year' cozy chat with him.  He said something like "if I may say 
> so, putting the Stone in the Mirror was one of my most brilliant 
> ideas, etc."

hg again:
When Harry and Dumbledore are talking together, Dumbledore isn't 
necessarily humble, but at least modest: example from HBP is when he 
says "forgive me" when referring to his own cleverness.  In the cave 
scene, he pretty much says that Harry's power won't register with the 
boat and that he's far more clever than Harry.  I think we can safely 
say this doesn't sound like a Dumbledore/Harry interaction, even if 
we can't safely draw a conclusion from it.  But I have a theory...
hg.