House Elves and DEs

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 58282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
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> As the Great Amanda says, both Dobby 
> and Winky are unusual in that they do not think/feel the way other 
> House Elves do.

Annemehr:
Does anyone else besides me think that Dobby would actually have been 
quite happy (as the kitchen elves are) to act like a "normal" house 
elf, except that his life with the Malfoys pushed him past his
limits? 
I think that having to survive their horrible treatment, together
with 
his horror at the Diary plot, is what made him grow into the 
extraordinary elf that he is now.

Achieving new strenghts and nobility of character through adversity: 
sound like anyone else we know?

Annemehr
"I'm /not/ going to be muredered," Harry said out loud.
"That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.