Eftersom Dumbledore ville att Harry skulle möta Voldemort som en del av hans plan att förbereda Harry att offra sig i slutändan. Allt Dumbledore gjorde i böckerna beräknades, från det ögonblick han lämnade Harry med Dursleys till Dumbledores egen död. Nedan är Dumbledores konversation med Snape i Harry Potter och Döds Hallows , betoning min:
“So the boy . . . the boy must die?” asked Snape quite calmly.
“And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential.” Another long silence.
Then Snape said, “I thought . . . all these years . . . that we were protecting him for her. For Lily.”
“We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,” said Dumbledore, his eyes still tight shut. “Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growth: Sometimes I have thought he suspects it himself. If I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean
the end of Voldemort.” Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.
“You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?”
“Don’t be shocked, Severus. How many men and women have you watched die?”
“Lately, only those whom I could not save,” said Snape. He stood up. “You have used me.” “Meaning?” “I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —”
“But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?". . .
Harry var aldrig i verklig fara under händelserna av Harry Potter och Philosopher's Stone . Dumbledore ledde honom avsiktligt till Eriseds spegel, så att han kunde lära honom hur man kunde använda den. Han skickade Hagrid för att ta stenen ut ur Gringotts samma dag som han tog Harry där. Han gjorde det till och med så att Hagrid skulle vara Harrys mest betrodda vuxen, den som räddade honom från sitt eländiga liv under trappan och introducerade honom till magivärlden. Någonsin undrar hur Dumbledore visade sig precis vid rätt ögonblick för att hitta Harry? Hur han bara visste något var fel och var tvungen att återvända? Harry var aldrig i någon fara alls, han var helt enkelt på prov.