Moody's death (was: Dumbledore's authority WAS: Re: Fees for Harry)

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 179488


> Magpie:
> It's not that I don't think JKR thinks this is the right thing to 
do, 
> but that I don't know if we're supposed to see Dumbledore as 
seeing 
> people as expendable either. I wouldn't be surprised if in JKR's 
mind 
> Dumbledore sees people as just as worth saving as Kingsley does 
<snip>

lizzyben:

Well, I've been wondering what JKR actually meant for us to think of 
Dumbledore, & found this quote somewhat reassuring:

Q: During their search Ron, Hermione and Harry talk about Dumbledore 
as if hears God. They thought that behind his words and actions 
there was a grand scheme; they are disillusioned when this doesn't 
turn out to be the case.

JKR: He's a complex character. I don't see him as God. I did want 
that the reader would question Dumbledore's part in the whole story. 
We all believed that he was a kind-hearted father figure. And to a 
certain extent he is. But at the same time he is someone who treats 
people as puppets; who caries a dark secret from his past and who 
never told Harry the full truth. I hope that the reader will love 
him again in the end. But that they love him like he is, including 
his faults. Is Dumbledore divine? No. He has certain divine 
qualities though. He is merciful, and in the end he is just."

I'd argue w/the merciful & just description, but I am glad that JKR 
said that we're meant to question DD's actions. His plans are so 
dumb, how could we not? And we are supposed to notice that he treats 
people as puppets, not as human lives worth saving. So in a general 
kind of way, the Seven Potters Plan plays into that fault of DD's. 
And his lack of regard for human life is seen & portrayed as a 
fault, IMO.


lizzyben