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Line 113: * ''[[His Dark Materials]]'', in which it is prophesied that Lyra will change the fate of the worlds (plural)--but ''only'' if she doesn't know about her destiny and what she will have to do to fulfill it. Naturally, every adult in her life knows and is busy trying to manipulate her to their own ends. * ''[[Ender's Game]]''. * [[Mark Twain]]'s short story "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120123065853/http://www.portitude.org/literature/twain/ss-californians_tale.php Californian's Tale]" revolves around this trope. * ''[[Harry Potter (novel)\|Harry Potter]]'': Harry suffered from this to a large degree in his interactions with [[Eccentric Mentor\|Dumbledore]] (and, well, everyone). In ''[[~~Harry Potter/~~Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)\|Deathly Hallows]]'', one of his main sources of angst is the possibility that he might be doing exactly the same to his own allies. Averted in ''[[~~Harry Potter/~~Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Order of ~~The~~the Phoenix (novel)\|Order of the Phoenix]]'' when Dumbledore explains that there was a prophecy made about Harry that Dumbledore kept wanting to tell Harry about (And Harry had even asked him about in book one), but he had succumbed to the "Old man's error" each year in feeling Harry was too young for such heavy information. Dumbledore then actually does get Harry up to date on things - but only on the things Dumbledore is absolutely sure of at the time. In ''[[~~Harry Potter/~~Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)\|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Dumbledore, Mr. Weasley, all the teachers, Hagrid, and Malfoy all knew that Sirius Black was Harry's godfather, and {{spoiler\|they thought they knew that}} he was partly responsible for the deaths of Harry's parents. Nobody told Harry this. Harry was told his parents were mundane muggles who died in a car accident and he never even heard of the wizarding world until his Hogwarts letter comes on his eleventh birthday. It's explained later on that Dumbledore wanted it this way. He was afraid Harry would grow up to be a spoiled and useless boy if he was raised by wizards who constantly reminded him of his status as "the chosen one." * Although the Dursleys' [[Abusive Parents/Literature\|mistreatment of Harry]] is not remotely Dumbledore intended. He gives them a very strong [["The Reason You Suck" Speech\|dressing down on this]] in the sixth book.