House-Elf Liberation Front

[estesrandy]

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From: estesrandy
Subject: Re: House-Elf Liberation Front
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6772] House-Elf Liberation Front
Date: 8/13/00 10:11 pm  (ET)

>>I think the House-Elf Liberation Front plotline was intended mainly
as means of developing Hermione's character. <<


I think it gave her a chance to link the house Elf to the plot. The elf
episode in the woods with the wand turned out to be a key to the bad
guy in this book.

>>Otherwise - being honest - I thought that whole sub-plot could have
been cut; it was one of the weaker elements of the book, IMO.

Neil <<

I also thought it was weak and annoying. However, I did catch a story
on the Radio after reading Book 4 that spoke about the cast system in
India and the British and American Embassy. The nanny for the person
talking was not allowed to dip her feet into the bathing pond where the
little children were wading. The way she described the treatment of this
person made me think of the elf plot. Perhaps JKR means only to show the
injustices of the world in an easy to understand way. The hope is that as
these readers mature, they will right the injustices of their parents. I
think Mark Twain helped people to see things from a different point of
view in his books which opened the eyes of later generations. Gullivers
Travels also had this impact, I believe. I can't recall who wrote that
one at the moment.