Dumbledore and the slaughtered pig (was: Aberforth )

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 175038

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...> > 

>Dumbledore must have thought Harry would die, that's what he told
> Snape and I can't think of any reason he'd lie to Snape about that and
> even scoff at him when he said he was horrified of the idea of 
> leading Harry to slaughter like a pig. 

va32h: 

Well I can think of a very good reason for Dumbledore to lie to Snape. 
Dumbledore knows that Harry loathes Snape - why on earth would Harry 
just believe Snape if Snape merely told Harry what Dumbledore said? Is 
going to show up one day on the doorstep of 12 Grimmauld Place or pop 
into the trio's tent and announce: "Harry, Dumbledore wants you to let 
Voldemort kill you because you are an accidental Horcrux. Bye!" And 
Harry would just conclude "Okay, guess I'll go do it!"

No, I don't think so. Snape is going to have to provide some kind of 
proof. Letters are no good, they could be faked. Dumbledore's portrait 
could confirm Snape's story, but there's no guarantee that Harry will 
be at Hogwarts (or that Harry would willingly go to the head's office 
with Snape). 

Showing Harry a memory seems the best way to prove that what Snape is 
saying is true. Now, having spent all that time in the Pensieve with 
Dumbledore in HBP, Harry knows what a falsified memory looks like - and 
Dumbledore knows that Harry knows this. So Dumbledore needs to make 
sure that whatever memory Snape has in his head is completely accurate 
as far as Snape is concerned, and yet exactly what Dumbledore wishes 
Harry to believe. And Dumbledore needs Harry to believe that Harry is 
making a genuine sacrfice, with no possibility of returning. 

va32h