Dumbledore: Puppeteer

[JLyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 165980

Bart Lidofsky brought up DoubleDumb the manipulator.

Start right from the beginning for Harry--Hagrid picking him up.  
Harry knows nothing about being a wizard, so rather than introducing  
him to the WW by someone like McGonagall, he has Hagrid. Now, Hagrid  
is great, but how much of the WW and its traditions does he tell  
Harry about? All Harry really learns about is that his parents were  
killed by a megalomaniac who is intent on world domination, Harry  
somehow got rid of him when said psycho gave Harry that scar, and the  
psycho is most likely still out there somewhere waiting to come back  
and pick up where he left of.

Then, he just drops Harry off at King's Cross without any  
instructions. So, we have an unloved child who has no friends and an  
upbringing that has ensured he is ignorant of both the WW and the MW  
who is being dropped off in a frightening world, full of DARK LORDS,  
with the absolute minimum knowledge of what is happening and left to  
fend for himself.

While trying to figure out what is happening, he just happens to  
overhear a rather loud-mouthed mother complain about muggles and ask  
her children what the gate number is for the train. This is what--her  
34th time coming to or arriving at gate 9 and 3/4? This is ingrained  
in her almost at the level of instinct. The only train she has  
probably ever taken was the HE. And she just happens to speak out  
loud so Harry can hear her? No, this is a set-up. It is very clear,  
just from this start, that Harry has been kept ignorant and isolated  
for a reason.

Every where you look, Harry is left to fend for himself. How many  
times is he told to see the headmaster and not given the password?  
When has any adult ever explained things to him rather than just  
expecting him to do them. The only person in the series that explains  
things to Harry is DoubleDumb and his explanations are as clear as  
mud. Other than that, Harry is pretty much in the hands of DDs  
sycophants.

JLyon