socks

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 3363

(Response to an old post..)

Everyone will probably think I'm daffy but here it goes-

Maybe Prof.'s Trelawny's 1st prediction was that socks would be the 
downfall of Voldemort...

Now before you laugh I've had a really long day.

Ok, so Harry gives Dobby a sock.  Big deal, but the thing is that IMO 
Dobby and the rest of the house elves are the key to V.'s downfall, 
and Dumbly knows it.


Scott
Crazy or what?

>
> 
> I believe it's JKR's engaging way of mentioning something innocuous 
> along the way which later becomes a pivotal or fairly significant 
> point. The simple starting point of Uncle Vernon's sock leads to 
> Dobby's release at the end of Book 2. Dobby's an important 
character 
> as well, being so critical in Task 2 of the Tournament. The house 
> elves have special powers which probably will come in handy in 
future 
> books. Who would have thought a mere sock would have subsequently 
> directly and indirectly led on to the events that transpired later.
> 
> If I may digress for a moment - something's been on my mind about 
> Dobby - I was curious as to how Dobby managed to disappear when he 
> visited Harry in the hospital wing, on the night Harry was having 
his 
> bones regrown. Harry was holding on to him but when they heard 
voices 
> approaching, Dobby had somehow vanished. Harry was left grasping 
his 
> fist. We know that one can't apparate or disapparate in Hogwarts, 
so 
> how did he do it ? Indeed, how could he even appear in Hogwarts and 
> Privet Drive in Book 2, if he didn't have special abilities ? I 
> suspect that they do possess extremely powerful magic but have been 
> deliberatly supressed so as not to pose a threat, although it's in 
> their nature to be servile. Any thoughts ?
> 
> Anyway, back to socks. Dobby's continuing fascination with socks is 
> completely understandable, since it was a crummy old sock that 
freed 
> him. Symbol of his freedom from enslavement. What better gift for 
> Harry to give Dobby than something he would treasure so dearly ? 
> Dumbledore's reference to socks was shooing off Harry's curiousity. 
> It's my belief that Dumbledore simply didn't want to answer the 
> question, as Harry himself suspected. Shutting up the madly 
spinning 
> sneakoscope - I suppose that was just being practical. Their robes 
> are floaty affairs aren't they, so a nice thick woollen sock was 
just 
> what was needed to wrap the noisy thing in.
> 
> 
> Gen