Harry's Training

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 169429

---  "sylviampj" <autr61 at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Jo (Joanna)" <twirliewirlie85@> wrote:
> 
> ...
> > Something struck me in book 6 which I think I 
> > thought about the first time but not so strongly.>>>
> 
> Dear Jo, (from Sylvia)
> 
> This is an interesting post. I too have been re-reading
> HBP recently and one thing struck me, - ... At the 
> beginning of HBP when DD fetches Harry from the 
> Dursleys' he says:
> 
> 'I do not think you need worry about being attacked 
> tonight.'
> 'Why not sir?'
> 'You are with me' said Dumbledore simply.
> 
> Then at the end of the chapter 26 when they are 
> emerging from the water after obtaining the (false) 
> Horcrux Harry says:
> 'It's going to be all right, sir.... we're nearly 
> there...I can Apparate us both back..don't worry..
> 
> 'I am not worried, Harry'said Dumbledore, his voice a
> little stronger despite the freezing water. 'I am with
> you'.
> 
> It's like a reversal of roles and I sometimes wonder
> whether, just as Voldemort marked Harry as his equal 
> by transferring some of his powers to him, so DD has 
> somehow managed to transfer some of his extraordinary
> powers to Harry, knowing (as I believe he does) that 
> he is shortly going to die.
> 

bboyminn:

I don't think Dumbledore is transferring power to Harry,
I think he is transferring knowledge and wisdom. He, by
example, is showing Harry that he needs to deal with 
these problems in a thoughtful and knowledgeable way.
and not just go blundering off as Harry has done in
the past.

I think this is part of Harry's growing up process. He
needs to continue to be brave and courageous, but he
also needs to apply thought and analysis.

Dumbledore has also demonstrated the kinds of skill,
both analytical and practical, that Harry will need
if he is to succeed. 

> Sylvia:
>
> Throughout the six books Harry never rates his own 
> powers as a wizard as being particularly remarkable.
> ...
> ...
> I've come to think that he simply modest and is in 
> fact a much more powerful wizard than he realises. 
> ...
> 
> Sylvia.
>

bboyminn:

I certainly agree that Harry is much more powerful 
than he thinks he is and more powerful than he has
demonstrated so far. But 'power' isn't the problem;
what Harry needs is skill in order to apply the
power he has. Harry could be the most powerful 
wizard in the world, but untrained, that power is
not worth much. 

As it just so happens in every area where Harry 
needs to refine his power by increasing his skill,
he just happens to have an expert available to him.
Now all we have to do is convince Harry to trust 
these people, and bring them in to help him.

Bill Weasley - does for a living, and does quite 
well, exactly what Dumbledore did in the cave.

Mad-Eye Moody - the best Auror who ever lived. He
certainly has a range of skill to pass on to Harry.

Lupin, the Weasley's, Tonks, they all have something
to contribute. But, the big question is, will Harry
reach out to them. I say he will, though one at a
time and slowly. Right now Harry only trusts Ron
and Hermione, but he range of trust has to expand
beyond that if he has any hope of succeeding. I
think that is what Dumbledore taught Harry, wisdom
and maturity. Harry will initially feel that he
can't tell anyone anything because he promised
Dumbledore he wouldn't. But he will eventually
realize that he can tell some people just enough
for them to know how to help Harry. Regardless of
what Dumbledore said, that is what Dumbledore did.
He told people only what he thought they needed to
know and only when he thought they needed to know it.

Harry will discover this form of guarded selective
truth, and figure out how to make it work for him.
I even Harry visions of Harry approaching the Ministry
in a way that allows Harry to hold all the card. In
a sense, you tell me(Harry) everything I need to know
and allow me access to every available resource, and
in return, I will tell you(the Ministry) what I think 
you need to know when I think you need to know it, 
and if that bargain doesn't appeal to you, then I 
will take my case to the people, and we'll see how 
long your career last when the world knows what a
bumbling idiot you are. 

Hard to say if it will happen, but I really want it
to happen just like that. I want Harry to take charge
and not be intimidate by anyone, and not let anyone
deter him from his objective. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn