Key points in CoS

[rsteph1981]

No: HPFGUIDX 46646

I wrote:
> 
> Ginny's probably the best bet.
> 
> But I'd like to put in my vote for houselves.  We
> found out a lot about them.  Plus there is Dobby
> disappearing with a "crack."


Now that I'm class is over, I'll elaborate.  We first  heard metnion 
of that house elves were enslaved in CoS.  Perhaps we'll find out why 
in OoTP.  Why does their enslavement include not wearing clothes?  
And, we first learned how poweful a house elf's magic is in CoS.  
They seem to be quite a bit more powerful than wizards, IMO, though 
they probably don't have anything other than what their parents 
taught them to rely on.

And, just to comment on something told to us in GOF:  why does Dobby 
have a pencil-shaped nose and Winky a squahed-tomatoe of a nose?  Is 
it a male/female thing or is ethnic?  And if it's a male/female thing 
I guess genders of house elves aren't all that difficult to discern 
(though Harry wouldn't have been aware of it at the time).


Rebecca