Your examples clearly support the idea that Harry went through periods of time when he questioned Dumbledore’s motives, yet he continued to trust, regardless of the strange information that is uncovered. Later Harry realizes that Dumbledore had good reasoning. For example, in chapter thirty-three, as Harry sneaks into Dumbledore’s office and veers into Snape’s memories, he learns that Dumbledore ultimately wanted to make sure that Harry was safe in careful preparation of Voldemort’s death. Every detail had to be just so that he could be sure Voldemort would die forever. Dumbledore was also careful to reveal too much information to Harry until he was sure that Harry was ready. For example, Dumbledore waited to reveal that Harry was actually