[HPforGrownups] Did Dumbledore ultimately redeem himself?

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192881

Oh, I beg to differ. He really did, if not in words, then in actions.


Lynda


On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 1:05 AM, kathy kulesza kat7555 at yahoo.com
[HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:


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> 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
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> > 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.
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> Lynda
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