15 Turning Points That Make Dumbledore a Complicated Mentor

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• A brilliant child inside a wounded family — A brilliant child inside a wounded family. Dumbledore's exceptional ability develops alongside family crisis: his sister Ariana is traumatized, his father is imprisoned and his mother withdraws the family from public life.
• Grindelwald offers ambition a vocabulary — Grindelwald offers ambition a vocabulary. As a young man, Dumbledore meets Gellert Grindelwald and finds someone able to match his ideas and intensify them.
• Ariana's death turns theory into consequence — Ariana's death turns theory into consequence. The confrontation involving Albus, Aberforth and Grindelwald ends with Ariana dead and the caster of the fatal spell uncertain.
• He redirects ambition into teaching — He redirects ambition into teaching. Dumbledore eventually builds his adult identity at Hogwarts, first as a teacher and later as headmaster.

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