Dumbledore: Puppeteer

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No: HPFGUIDX 166003

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
<snip>
> > >>Bart:
> > Dumbledore's initial goal is clear: to prepare Harry to fight 
and   
> > win against Voldemort.
> > <snip>
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I also have issue with Dumbldore creating a soldier!Harry.  For 
one, 
> he does a horrible job.  Harry is good at DADA, but he's not really 
> the scariest guy with a wand.  Heck, compared to the Marauders, 
young!
> Snape and young!Tom Riddle, Jr., Harry is downright backward.
> 
> And honestly, the fact that Dumbldore doesn't teach Harry any magic 
> at all during his little lessons in HBP (martial or otherwise) 
> suggests to me that his goal isn't to create a warrior, and it 
never 
> has been.
> 
> It seems to me that for the most part Dumbledore is working to 
> protect Harry, not really prepare him to face Voldemort.  I think 
> that it's not until OotP that Dumbledore really decides, 
reluctantly, 
> that Harry is going to step onto the field.
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> Betsy Hp:
> But what sort of operative?  Not a martial one, it seems like.  And 
> Harry seems to have entirely the wrong personality to be a spy.  So 
> what sort of boy was Dumbledore trying to build?
> 
> Betsy Hp (enquiring minds want to know! <g>)

Quick_Silver:
I don't think that Dumbledore is trying to build a soldier!Harry or 
Warrior!Harry...I'd say that he's trying to build a Great Wizard!
Harry. The problem is that what makes Dumbledore a great wizard isn't 
what makes Voldemort a great wizard which isn't what makes Snape a 
great wizard, etc (you could include James, Moody, Lily and some 
others in the list). So there's no set blue print as to how to take 
this boy and turn him into someone that will strike fear into the 
hearts of Dark wizards. 

Even if Dumbledore taught Harry martial magic he'd basically be 
producing a under-aged auror and we know that the aurors have been 
trying to catch Voldemort 30 years (?) without any luck.  

However by allowing Harry a relatively normal Hogwarts education 
Dumbledore is ensuring that Harry's foundation in magic is solid. If 
Dumbledore had had some sort of training in mind for Harry he'd risk 
distorting that foundation. 

Although I am disturbed that Dumbledore hasn't taught Harry at the 
same time I think that it is the right decision. Dumbledore had 50 
years to deal with the threat of Voldemort, he didn't, and if he were 
to teach Harry there's a risk that whatever held him back might be 
passed on to Harry (it could be anything...maybe even his prohibition 
against Dark Arts isn't always a good thing). The same applies to 
Snape, Sirius, Lupin, Moody, the Order, the Ministry, the Aurors, 
etc. I'd rather that Harry would seek out their knowledge and 
experience rather then simply have it dumped into him. 

Quick_Silver