socks

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 3127

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> 
wrote:
> > Assuming Dumbledore was telling the truth about seeing himself
> > with socks in the Mirror of Erised, what could he have meant?
> > 
> > Susan
> 
> There is a small discussion of this on the Harry Potter Lexicon's 
> Mysteries page. I think the socks just might represent Dumbledore's 
> desire to set the house-elves free from their enslavement so they 
can 
> use their formidible magical powers against Voldemort. But hey, 
maybe 
> sometimes a sock is just a sock and an earmuff is just an earmuff 
> (remember him telling MacGonagall that Madam Pomfrey embarrassed 
him 
> by complimenting his new earmuffs? Same sort of statement...)
> 
> Steve Vander Ark


Although the point Steve makes in the Lexicon that there seems to be 
an awful lot of socks in the HP books really struck me.  Not only 
Dobbys fascination with socks and the Dumbledore/Erised sock remark, 
but also Uncle Vernon gives Harry an old pair of his socks for one 
birthday; the pocket sneakoscope gets wrapped in socks.  Doesnt Harry 
buy socks in Hogsmeade for Dobby? (or did I make that up?)  What is 
it with the socks?

-- Joywitch