[HPforGrownups] OOP Re: The Elf Problem

[silmariel]

No: HPFGUIDX 67210

B.Arrowsmith

<< Who can put their hand on their heart (or wallet) and declare that 
their conception of Elves has not been influenced by LotR? >>

Don't make me talk of Elves. *Eek*

>>By contrast, the Elves working at Hogwarts are happy, co-operative and 
contented. They refuse Hermiones gifts of clothing as an insult, as if 
it would be an affront to their dignity. They even stop cleaning 
Gryffindor Tower as a reprisal.<<

Jennifer:
<< One thing we do know about Winky and can infer about house elves. Her
 mother and her mother's mother served the Crouch family. >>

I do wonder how poor students go to Hogwarts. Over one hundred house elves at 
Hogwarts, I don't remember were I read it, but it is in the Lexicon. I always 
thought this community would serve to explain, at least partially, the 
castle's size.

On the work side:

I assume a work force of 50 elves, 300 working days a year, 10 hous a day.
This brings 150,000 hours a year. Not bad, considering they do magic, and that 
dobby cleans Gryffindor Tower alone.  

A low-paid, magic work-force could explain low Howgarts tuition.   

silmariel