Sirius and Snape parallels again/ Dumbledore's admirable qualities

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> Leah: I'm not sure. Sirius has really swapped one prison for 
another 
> in returning to his childhood home (anothe paralell as Snape still 
> spends time at Spinners End). Sirius is trapped with the mother he 
> thought he had escaped as a teenager.  If Sirius had been able to 
> have Harry live with him, and reached an understanding with 
Kreacher 
> over Regulus, things might have been different for him.

Alla:

Especially since we already see Sirius recovering in GoF and it is 
the reentrapment in Grimmauld place causes him to get worse again 
IMO. So yes, I agree.


Alla before:
> << But then I am left with a thought - sure, I can pity somebody 
like
> Dumbledore, but I cannot help but think that we are supposed not 
just
> pity but admire him and well, I am not sure what is to admire. >>

Catlady:
> His willilngness to die for the side he believed in? 

Alla:

I suppose that is one of those few qualities.

Catlady:
> That his plan for victory over the current Big Bad was successful?

Alla:

Oh, no, not really. I am glad that *the plan* was successful, do not 
get me wrong. However I despise too much "the plan" or what I would 
describe as "let's make sure Harry will be trained enough to go and 
die later", and I certainly cannot admire Dumbledore for it. And 
well, I do not really consider it to be a worthy plan and think that 
Dumbledore should have at least a) try to do so much more independent 
of relying on Harry and b) treating Harry so much differently.
>From me Dumbledore gets no admiration for that. IMO of course.

Catlady:
> That he inspired many people to believe in goodness and try to be 
good?

Alla:

That certainly can be an admirable quality, however I am not sure 
whom are you talking about here. Whom did Dumbledore inspire to 
believe in goodness and try to be good? We are not talking about 
Dumbledore inspiring Snape here I hope? Because I would not call what 
Dumbledore does to Snape when he comes to him an inspiration to be 
good. IMO of course. I can certainly agree that Dumbledore made 
people believe in **him**, but to me that does not equal believe in 
goodness. Stalin made millions believe in him too.

Iroh from Avatar certainly inspired Zuco to believe in goodness and 
be good IMO.  Dumbledore, well, not sure how anything he did counts 
as what you described.

JMO,

Alla