Why didn't Dumbledore bring backup? (Harry doesn't count)

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 149203

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <michaelsgdec at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Going to a secluded cave to retrieve/destroy one of Voldemort's
> horcruxes seems to be a pretty dangerous task, even for Dumbledore.
> Why didn't he consider bringing another OP member along? (maybe
> Snape?) Even if this person could not fit on the boat, it would 
have
> been the safe thing to do. Why wasn't Harry surprised or concerned
> that he would be acting as Dumbledore's backup?
> 

Tonks:
DD goes alone because it is "his" mission, and Harry is the 
witness.  It is not something that the Order can do as a group.  
Each order member has their own job to do in the downfall of LV.  
Lupin does what he must do, alone.  Snape is the most alone of them 
all.  Each order member has a part to play and that part is done 
alone. At the same time they work as a whole.  I can not explain 
this well, but there is a way that a team works together while at 
the same time each member of that team has a separate job to do. 
Symbolically I think it says that each of us must do our part to 
overcome the Dark Lord in the depth of our own heart and that work 
is done in darkness and alone.

Tonks_op