Horcrux dispatching (was Re: Harry's Soul with Harry as horcrux)

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Mike:
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Another case: he never told Harry how to  destroy a
> Horcrux, despite the fact that he promised to expand on the  Ring
> Horcrux story. Is this not an important piece of knowledge?  
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Alla:

Oh, totally, that is one of the most  important reasons I never 
bought Dumbledore wanted to die on the Tower  argument. 



Julie:
I agree that DD really didn't tell Harry how to destroy a horcrux. He  
*showed*
Harry how in the cave, but without any verbal explanations about what  he
was doing. Which does make for some difficulty in learning the task!  (And
it's an interesting opposition to how Snape teaches in Potions, by  giving
the students verbal/written instructions and then leaving them to  actually
perform the task.)
 
Still, I don't see how Dumbledore's actions in the cave scene reflect  on
whether he was willing to die on the Tower (I too don't think he  *wanted*
to die, he just chose that alternative when it seemed the best  alternative
at that moment). But are you saying that Dumbledore led Harry through
the task of destroying the horcrux, intending to later verbally explain 
the mechanics of each step he took? That doesn't make complete
sense to me, since Dumbledore could have explained what he was 
doing during the task. 

For instance, when Dumbledore said "This is the place" and Harry
asked "How do you know?", Dumbledore merely replied "It has  known
magic." At this point Harry couldn't tell if his own shivers were  from  
the same awareness of magic or from his spine-deep coldness. Why
didn't Dumbledore just add, "You no doubt also feel a strong  shivering
sensation in the presence of these magic enchantments"?
 
That's only one example of many where Dumbledore doesn't go
into the actual basis of his knowledge or mechanics of his actions.
But I think it's less likely Dumbledore intended to explain further  later
than that Dumbledore knew Harry would not need to know the exact 
step by step mechanics he used to hunt down that particular horcrux. 
 
But I also think horcrux hunting in the way Dumbledore performed  it 
in HBP won't happen in the Book 7. Been there, done that, after all,
and JKR isn't one to repeat herself, especially when she has about a
thousand other things to deal with in Book 7! Certainly the rest  of the
horcruxes will be addressed and destroyed, but probably in a manner
and perhaps with an expediency we can't yet fathom ;-)
 
Julie 


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