[HPforGrownups] Re: DD and Delores (Was: Bad Writing?)

[Melanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 163089

<LupinLore wrote: And yet DD has watched Harry "more closely than [he] can have 
imagined." How can someone who watches that closely not notice a 
small detail like Harry bleeding after each of his detentions with 
Umbridge? So DD was not watching closely before and after 
detentions? Certainly there are portraits all around the Gryffindor 
common room, including one guarding the door, and Harry appears 
bleeding in front of them several times. Indeed, his initial 
revelation to Ron about the detentions takes place, as I recall, very 
nearly under the Fat Lady. All of this assuming that DD is indeed 
using the portraits and not some other mechanism.

So DD is watching closely enough to know about Harry's activities in 
PoA (at least he so implies) but not closely enough to notice the 
effects of the detentions? Totally unbelievable. Once again, 
the "epitome of goodness" has, by his silence, indicated assent to 
Harry being abused.>



  Well, couldn't all of his possible ignorance OOP be explained away by the fact that he is in fact afraid of Voldemort finding out about how close he is to Harry.  I'm assuming that if we want something to be done for Harry Dumbledore  would have to do it himself, considering the state the school was in with Delores Umbridge and he brigade stomping around.  Thus, he would  have had to open up to Harry and by such exposing himself to the dark lord. I found Dumbledore in a way more selffish in book five.  I realize he was doing this prevent his death..figuring he would still be needed.  We could say that Sirius was being irrational..not thinking of Harry's interests in the long run.  However, in the short term, it is correct to say that Dumbledore was looking at his own self interests and seemingly ignoring Harry's.  I assume that he felt that this was not any worse than what he endured at the Dursley's.  In some way I think this was far worst because these were people who
 he was told to trust.  And finding out your government is a terrible entity is a little discomforting.  However, with the Dursely's it was always that way...and always will be.
   
  ~Melanie