[HPforGrownups] Did Dumbledore ultimately redeem himself?

[kathy kulesza]

No: HPFGUIDX 192875

I don't think he redeemed himself because he never apologized to Harry for everything he put him through. Dumbledore never should have left Harry with the abusive Dursleys He was fortunate Harry didn't wind up like Tom Riddle after living with them. He let Umbridge abuse him and managed to send away anyone who could have been a source of support for Harry especially Lupin and Sirius.
 kat7555


 > On Sunday, December 20, 2015 2:14 AM, "Lynda Cordova lynde4 at gmail.com 
> [HPforGrownups]" wrote:

> My answer is that yes, DD redeemed himself, because that was the whole reason for his wanting to believe the best of everyone. Of course, I also realized exactly how manipulative he was from the beginning of the series. Come on, folks, he sends Harry to live with muggles, sets Snape up as his ultimate double agent and maneuvers everything around from the beginning of the story. So yes, he was manipulative. For the greater good. Does that make it right? No. Not necessarily. Did it make it necessary? To defeat the greatest evil the WW had yet encountered, maybe so.
 

Lynda

 







 
 
 




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