Occlumency

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 191717



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, sigurd at ... wrote:
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> My question on this is a concern I have for the ENTIRE book. Does any one besides me feel a certain unease that that Dumbledore, Snape, Hagrid-- the teachers- whoever are using these students as pawns in a grand game of combat against Voldemort-- and Voldemort is doing exactly the same? 

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> It's amazing that with all their powers, all their abilities, from Dumbledore to the Ministry of Magic, that they could not find out all about Voldemort and squelch him long before the start of the story.
> For all their power they aren't powerful enough to do that?
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Nikkalmati

Something about this topic has come up and we decided it was just Dumbledore, all Dumbledore.  In the beginning we are told LV collected his followers and no one knew who was with him or not.  The society was riddled with supporters of Tom (pun intended). He attacked and killed at will spreading fear and mistrust.  (Have you heard this before?) When he was defeated by a toddler, everyone rejoiced and no one wanted to consider what had happened to him, except for a wise few.  (I'm sure you have heard this?)

Years pass and most people forget.  Meanwhile Quirrell and Petigrew appear to be able to find  LV when they want (I guess Peter could use the Dark Mark to help him).  DD waited because he knew it would do no good to hunt down LV because you could not kill him.  When did DD suspect about the Horcruxes?   When did he know Harry had to die?  When did he decide Harry was a Horcrux?  DD declares he does not believe in prophecies, but LV does and DD can use the prophecy to set up a situation where he hunts for the Horcruxes and stalls any confrontation.  He makes a major mistake and gets cursed.  He now has limited time.  He knows that Harry will have to be the one to find the Horcruxes before LV kills him, because DD doesn't trust anyone (including Harry). He gives Snape the job of telling Harry the truth at the last possible moment (when Nagini and Harry are the last Horcruxes).  Maybe he hopes Harry will live, but he plans for Snape to kill LV with the Elder Wand, if Harry dies, but that goes wrong too because Snape has to kill DD unexpectedly and he apparently does not know about the wand.  But it all works out.  LV dies and Harry lives as you know.  Maybe it was fate.

Nikkalmati