This is gettin' good.Well all I can add is that killing Dumbledore is not earning Snape some much needed popularity points.But I don't think it's important if maybe down the line Snape is gonna have to lay his life down as well(does it really matter if people like you or not if you are doin what you have to,and will somhow be for the greater good),if they are tryin' to win a war that cannot be solved just by killing Voldemort(because he cannot "be" killed at this present moment),they have to plan,know and understand everything that they posibly can.So if Harry and the whole world hates and think's you are a traitor doesn't really seem too important if you are doin' it for a greater cause.Personally if I was told I was goin' to be hunted down and hated by every single person in this world but I was goin' to do something that will ensure their well being I would not hesitate for a second,would you?Are you that vain?LOL.What is this greater cause you say and how do I know there is one?Simple,I don't know,nobody really knows what is what,we are all just tryin' to figure things out.But thinkin' back,is it posible that Dumbledore knew all along and expected the events to unfold(maybe not exactly)as they have?When Voldemort was first thought to be dead,he never really asumed that.He thought otherwise.He said so in book one.He could have suspected of the Horcruxes since the day he tried to kill Harry when he was a baby and faild to do so.But none the less Voldemort was not killed either so he must have done something to keep him from being killed.But what?Hmm..well Dumbledore being the greatest wizard of our time(and quite smart I might add) probably knew about Horcuxes(why even Slughorn knew about them and he is not refered to as the greatest....well anything).And he also knew about the Prophecy.
Also thinkin' a little more he also knew how Mr. Riddle(or Tom as he liked to call him)felt about the rest of the world and that he was a very,very smart and capable young man. So he had a grater weapon at his disposal than the rest of the wizarding community,knowledg.In book six he mentioned he had the Horcrux theory but he just needed to confrim it and he did.And right from book one it's been like he has been preparin' Harry to fullfil the Prophecy.Knowing he was just a boy(James Potter's boy to be exact,whom along with Sirius Black left behind the measuring stick for troublemakin')he gave him an invisible cape nad left behind the mirror of......(a little help here,I can't remember the bloody thing's name lol).Dumbledore took it away when he knew Harry had figured out how it works,he had learned what he neede to learn.And I'm guesin' Dumbledore did nothing about the encounter between Quirrel and Harry(I refuse to beleive that he did not notice Quirrel's little umm... "problem")because he knew the magic wich protected him once all those years ago would save him agaain,so he was not in real danger.Still I'm guesin' that maybe he wanted to know more of Voldermort's true state(how weak was he)plans and anything else that would prove usefull.Chamber Of Secrets he didn't leave Harry to face Lord Voldemort(AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle) and a Basilisk on his own.Granted the "old hat" hat and the "bird" did not seem like much but they saved his life.And Harry was able to know who Voldemort was before he became You-Know-Who.And similar things in all the books.Because at any point it seemed that Dumbledore could've done something to influence the outcome of the events.But he left Harry to figure out things on his own.I know you are probably asleep by now,but here we go.Dumbledore did not mention anything to Harry or showed him everything he knew about Lord Voldemort until book No. 6.
Why do that? Maybe Dumbledore intended to find and destroy the Horcux(or Horcruxes,I think he was a little unsure of how many Lord Voldemort had made untill the memory from Slughorn gave him a better idea)himself,but with the little detail that maybe he would have to die to save the life of Draco and Snape,his plans might not unfold that way.All the memories he showed Harry where very,very old wich means it was not something they were learning toghether(Dumbledore had already seen them),it was something he was teaching Harry so that he would understand his theory.Sometimes it's hard to explain something with just words.But if you lead someone to draw similar conclusions that you have already made it will be easier to understand and remember things for that person.
Thus he did the same with Harry,he showed him the memories and explained things along the way and Harry picked-up on Dumbledore's theory.That is why maybe he showed Harry all that,because he knew he would be dead.The burned hand and drinkin' the potion where also maybe examples of how dangerous it would be to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes(I mean if another wizard was able to retrieve the locket and leave the potion there I think Dumbledore would have been able to do the same).Same thing with the ring,would he have been as careles to just take the ring and destroy it just like that without thinkin there was some protective curse?With all this Dumbledore was maybe willing to die now that he knew he left Harry behind well armed.He passed on the same weapon he once had(the secret of Lord Voldemort's immortality),he left him with the remaining members of the Order of the Phoenix,he knew he had 2 great friends that would be by his side no matter what and if we dare think it,yes,help from within the very Death Eaters(when it comes down to it).And looking at the H P formula,in every book you are lead to believe one thing or another but in the end all of you're theories are shot down badly.The ending is always way,way off from what everyone imagined.That's why we keep reading the books,because we know she is not that obvios,when she says black,she really means bright lilac with flowers(thought I was gonna say white did you :P ) and we wan't to know what it all really means and how it ends.Well I say this because this is not book 1,book 2,etc.This is chapter one H P and T P S,Chapter two H P nad T C O S,Chapter three H P and T P O A,chapter four H P and T G O F,chapter five H P and T O O T P,chapter six H P and T H B P,chapter seven H P and ?????.She always waits untill the very las chapter to let you in on the result of all that long and strange ecuation.So looking at the big picture this has all been one long story wich is about to end,so she is goin' to let it all out in the final book.Well if anyone is still awake I apolgize for the long Term Paper.