House Elves, namely Winky

[clairey at airy-fairy.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16847

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Morag Traynor" <moragt at h...> wrote:
> Yeah, but he sure paid the price didn't he?   Crouch jr tonelessly 
relates:  
> "I killed my father[...]When everyone was gone, I Transfigured my 
father's 
> body.  He became a bone...I buried it[...]"  Whereas I can't help 
seeing 
> Voldemort as a slightly camp figure, with his hackneyed world-
domination 
> plans (what I gather is referred to as OES, or Evil Overlord 
Syndrome), I 
> found this passage had a bleak, true horror about it.  And Winky's 
grief 
> makes her, as someone (apologies for lack of credit) rightly said, 
the most 
> tragic character in the book.
> 
> 
> >From: meboriqua at a...
> >Reply-To: HPforGrownups at y...
> >To: HPforGrownups at y...
> >Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: House Elves, namely Winky
> >Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:42:25 -0000
> >
> >   One reason Crouch fires her
> > > is that he has to go along with the pretense that she cast the 
Dark
> > > Mark, and also get her out of the way before Amos asks her
> > > any more difficult questions.
> > >
> > > Amy Z
> > >
> >
> >
> >Thanks, Amy!  Yes, that's a perfect example of how Crouch treated 
his
> >faithful Winky.  I also thought it was pretty awful to fire her
> >(knowing how humiliating it is for a house elf to 'get sacked') in
> >front of a group of witches and wizards.  What a bad boss!  He 
didn't
> >even care when Amos Diggory called her "Elf!" the way he did.  I 
get
> >angry when my students tell when they've been treated badly at 
their
> >jobs or at home...  shame on Crouch!



I cried at two parts in Gof, at the end when Harry seems so empty and 
when Crouch jr says "I Transfigured my father's body...". I hated him 
so much for that. I wanted to shout at Mrs crouch and say "What have 
you done? You stupid woman!" (and words that i wouldn't post on this 
list). I just couldn't believe that someone could kill their own 
father so easily.

claire