[HPforGrownups] Re: House Elves...

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 16941

Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote:

>I still agree with you, Scott.  House Elves seem to be quite able to
>take care of themselves - it is the wizard world that makes it
>difficult for them.  Remember Dobby saying how hard it was to get work
>once he had been freed (GoF)?  Also, if it so natural for elves to
>serve wizards, then why is it so hard for elves to leave the wizards
>they serve?  Dobby couldn't even get away on his own - in the end,
>Harry was the one who freed him.  Why cast a spell to keep someone
>bound to you if they want to serve you in the first place?
>


Now I'm wondering how the house-elves became perpetual servants (read:  
slaves) in the first place.  A symbiotic relationship implies that the two 
species evolved together.  Somehow, I doubt this was the case.

--Ebony

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