Is Dumbledore really a hero?
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Re: Is Dumbledore really a hero?
He purposefully allows Sirius Black to go to prison, specifically to deprive Harry from having a loving home. He allows Harry to remain in an abusive household for eleven years. And why? Because he knew that Harry would swear allegiance to whomever rescued him from this hell. And who does he send to collect Harry? Hagrid, who sings his praises. Surely it would make more sense to send McGonagall, who could have sat down calmly with the Dursleys? Or who would have been permitted to use magic if it was necessary? But no, he sends Hagrd. And one of the first things Hagrid tells Harry? "Great man, Dumbledore."
Dumbledore regularly puts Harry in danger. He withholds crucial information. He deprives Harry from relationships that would provide Harry with another perspective other than Dumbledore's. And the entire time he feeds Harry just enough affection to maintain his undying devotion.
And that's just some of what he does to Harry. He also maintains and feeds interhouse rivalry at every turn. First year, Slytherin won the House Cup--relatively fair and square. And Dumbledore turns around and awards just enough points to steal it from them. He's basically setting up an entire class to be vulnerable to serving Voldemort by making them the bitter underdogs.
In case you can't tell, I've thought about this far more than is healthy.
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Dumbledore also put his own life on the line in order to help Harry, and ended up losing it to protect him. Dumbledore faced off many times with Death Eaters and Voldemort in order to protect not only Harry, but his students as well. He also severely injured his hand in an attempt to destroy one of Voldemort's horcruxes. He even claimed responsibility for the unapproved Defense Against the Dark Arts club known as Dumbledore's army, forcing him to go on the run or face jail time in Azkaban.
So yes, Dumbledore is a hero for loving and protecting his students and his school.
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He gave Harry the tools to defeat Voldemort because that was Harry's destiny. Like the three brothers, he presented Harry with these gifts, but always knew where they were. Dumbledore was meant to be the master of death if not death himself, in my opinion. Maybe that was what would truly defeat Voldemort and why he couldn't interfere earlier. Voldemort had to not only be defeated, but to be defeated by his own doing. His followers had to see him fall for the whole movement to cease. When it was starting, he was already powerful and incredibly confident with himself and his followers fed off that confidence. HE had to feel defeated. Outright killing Voldemort wouldn't truly stop the movement, someone else would have risen in Voldemort's name. Now there will always be someone rising up with a mentality similar to Voldemort's; but at that moment he was defeated, Voldemort's people abandoned him, essentially abandoning the movement. Whoever would pop up next would have to start from the ground up which may act as a deterring factor to most. This is all my own speculation and I haven't really gone super in-depth to the history or the backstories (a process I am going through now); the other explanations here are pretty good and are probably more informative. But I think much of this depended on destiny and I think Dumbledore acknowledged that. I think he had to learn and come to that understanding along the way; I don't think he just knew right off the bat.
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Why Dumbledore is not a villain than: because he question himself and his genius instead of blindingly following the faith: I am doing it for the good of people. In my opinion, it is because he exactly knew how much power and genius combined could be a source of corruption and destruction that he shied away from it.
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Concerning Grindelwald and Riddle, I think his connection with them prevented him from taking action against them. One was his best friend and the other was a brilliant student, so he probably did not think they would have descended into so much darkness. By the time it hit home now truly far gone they were, it was way too late.
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