[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore on the Dursleys in OotP

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 151172




> Alla:
> 
> Oh, no, no sorry for Dumbledore from me at the end of OOP, and his
> single tear did not move me either, but I think it is very telling
> that JKR tried so hard to rehabilitate him in HBP. She convinced me,
> but I am not surprised that she did not convince all the readers
> that Dumbledore is an epithome of goodness, because Dumbledore at
> the end of OOP did not looked like one to me. :)


   KJ writes:

     I would have to agree with Alla, particularly since I am one of the 
unconvinced.  I sometimes wonder if JKR wasn't a bit tongue in cheek 
when she referred to DD as "the epitome of goodness". There is that 
expression that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.  I don't 
even find Dumbledore all that rehabilitated in HBP.  He was pressuring 
Harry to perform, leading him by the nose, letting him know that he was 
choosing to go after Voldemorte, which to my way of thinking was pure 
manipulation. Basically, he was saying that Harry did not *have* to go 
after Voldy, he could *choose* to do so. Like that makes a difference? I 
think DD was betting he could pull off the tower incident and got caught 
in a situation that he allowed to take place.  It wasn't as though he 
wasn't being warned by Harry and Snape.
  KJ