SOCKS and other presents

jesmck jesmck at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 22 03:11:55 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 78356

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amanitamuscaria1" 
<saraandra at w...> wrote:
>  From:   "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
> Date:  Thu Aug 21, 2003  11:56 pm
> Subject:  SOCKS: Was: Re: What Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of 
Erised
> 
> Does anyone else on list find the moment when Ron chucks his 
> mother's hand-knitted sweater at Dobby for a Christmas present 
(GoF) 
> *supremely* ungrateful?
> *SNIP*
> Dobby hand knits 
> socks for Harry - showing that he has genuine affection for Harry. 
> Pip!Squeak
> [who will now wander off rather sheepishly]
> 
>  Now Me (AmanitaMuscaria)
> Agreed the disturbing lack of thought in that scene - Ron throwing 
> Dobby the jumper from his mother, but also previous to that, Harry 
> fishing out a pair of Uncle Vernon's old socks to give Dobby, 
because 
> he hadn't thought to get Dobby a present..

and now me (Jessica)
If Harry gave Dobby socks and Ron gave him a jumper, wouldn't Dobby 
be free?  And, if the reason these gifts didn't free him is because 
Harry and Ron aren't his master, then why is Hermione making all of 
those hats for the other house elves?





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