Dumbledore's Secret Identity

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From: vderark
Subject: Re: Dumbledore's Secret Identity
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Date: 8/22/00 12:24 pm  (ET)

Dumbledore? A house-elf?

Maybe not that, but I've come to the point where I don't dismiss ANYTHING
in a HP book. You'll note that I posted the sock question on the Puzzles,
Red Herrings, Clues, and Mysteries
page of the Lexicon some weeks ago. My own interpretation is that
Dumbledore realizes the inherent power of the house elves and his greatest
desire is to find a way to break them from their cultural enslavement to
get them to use their powerful magic against Voldemort. Their enslavement
is built into their whole mindset, however, and the symbolic "pair of
socks" that will break that enslavement is what he is desiring. The house
elves right now are amoral...they put devotion to the family above all,
no matter what that family is up to.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon