[HPforGrownups] Re: The Fundamental Message of the HP books?

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 175754

Jen: This was exactly my experience, Judy, at least my first read-
through. I felt like the moral rules system I'd created in my head
for Potterverse depended on Dumbledore at the center and if he wasn't
who he appeared to be, then everything collapsed.

After a second reading and cutting Dumbledore back down to human size
from the almost Aslan-like creation I'd made of him in my head - the
noble heir of Gryffindor, the tireless fighter of evil, the word of
Truth, sacrificing himself for the WW - once again his words seem
congruent with the ideals he holds, even after the discovery he
struggles with temptation and hubris.

Lynda:

Hmm.  Maybe this is part of why I was not as disturbed as some by this book.
You see, I read/listened to some interviews along the way in which I
repeatedly heard JKR saying things along the lines of "do not make
Dumbledore, Harry, etc. into an Aslan-type character", so I took her at her
word and never did. I expected Dumbledore to be human and have as before DH
unrevealed flaws. I did not expect them to be exactly what they were, but I
did not expect perfection from him. Perhaps that's it.

Lynda


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