But that's totally Dumbledore. He was a war general whose main solider was an 11-year-old child. It's a messed up situation in any event, and the only reason we felt sympathy for Dumbledore was that he actually cared about Harry as a person. He still did what he had to do to save the whole world from a crazed powerful madman.

And it's possible that I read too much into a children's book, but whatever. Universal themes, etc.