OOP-- Dobby & his clothes (was On the matter of house elves)

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 64247

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Gregory Lynn" 
<gregorylynn at a...> wrote:
 
> Also note that Dobby gets clothes and doesn't leave.>

Dobby is already free.  He is a paid worker at Hogwarts.  What I love 
about Dobby, though, is that even though he'd probably love to 
convince all the other Elves to live a free life with no masters, he 
respects their wishes to remain as they are (then again, Hogwarts 
must be heaven for a House Elf).  He chooses to be the sole Elf to 
clean Gryffindor Tower and takes all of Hermione's knitted items for 
himself.

Maybe JKR is showing us that House Elves are as diverse as we are: 
Kreacher, Winky and Dobby are about as different as she could make 
them.  This only makes the House Elf situation all the more confusing 
for me.

--jenny from ravenclaw ******************************************