DD's actions again

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> Alla:
> 
> You see, THAT's what I see as unclear. I do think  that JKR's message 
> beyond DD's actions IS that he really and truly  could not have done 
> anything else except leaving Harry with Dursleys, I  really do, BUT 
> then I don't see anywhere in the text why the options  you describe 
> could not happen.
> 
> <SNIP>
>  PAR:
> He could confront Draco early -- would that put Draco at 
>  > risk? maybe. But better Draco, who IS guilty of attempted murder, 
>  > than Katie Bell or Rosemerta who are innocent  victims.


>Pippin:
>But she has toyed with the idea of  Puppetmaster!But she has toyed with
>contrasting it with  Knownothing!contrasting it with  Knocontras
>mixed message  about Dumbledore has been there from the beginning, 
>and is more evident  than ever at the end of HBP, so why look at the 
>opening chapters of HBP  in isolation and say 'this is the Dumbledore
>JKR meant to depict all  along and the others were unintentional.J


Nikkalmati: 
I think many of the problems in interpreting DD's behavior  stem from the 
view that he knows everything that is going on.  JKR has  assured us that he is a 
good character (I think that her comment that he is the  epitome of goodness 
was a bit over the top), but I don't think he is all-knowing  and I don't see 
that stated in canon anywhere.  Certainly, he knows a lot  about what is going 
on in Hogwarts, but he is not God-like.  I don't think  he knew what was 
happening to Harry at the Dursely's.  That pretty much  resolves that problem 
right there. I also believe he did not know LV  was inhabiting Quirrel, thus, he 
could not have intended for Harry to meet LV  face to face in PS/SS.  He 
probably did not know why Harry quit Occulumancy  and he possibly doesn't know 
everything about the Prank,  either.  We have the benefit of hindsight and we have 
to judge DD by  what he knew at the time, not by how things turned out. 
As for Draco in HBP all choices for  DD were beset with problems.  I am still 
puzzled as to why Draco would  try to send an opal necklace to DD and DD may 
also have wondered whether  this was an attempt on his life.  DD may also have 
believed that Snape  could stop Draco from doing anything else dangerous to 
the students.  (But,  there is no clear reason why DD does not pay more 
attention to Harry when he  tries to tell DD that Draco has been working in the ROR 
and is celebrating and I  am still trying to work that question out.)  On the 
Tower DD makes clear  that he did not know what Draco was doing, so I think 
that we have to give up on  any theory which assumes DD to be all knowing . In 
any case, I will give  JKR the benefit of the doubt and assume that DD is a 
consistent rational  character with clear-cut motives and not one which transforms 
with every  book. 
Nikkalmati 
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