Dobby revisited

[Jennifer]

No: HPFGUIDX 83526

Dobby is not your typical house elf.  Consider the stark contrast 
between him and Winky.  Dobby is the hippie of the house elves.  He 
is "free man" and very foward thinking.  He now gets paid, which 
according to house elf dogma is a big no no.  Winky is very upset at 
what Dobby has done and consider their view of Herimone's SPEW, they 
hate it and think it is a bad idea.  

I do not agree with Kneasy's view that Harry is connected to the 
Malfoy's just because he was able to warn Harry and that he commented 
on the fact that "Harry Potter freed Dobby."  Dobby is no fool, he 
knows what is going on and how crappy a life it is of a house elf.  I personally think that Dobby was one of the worst treated House Elves 
around (would you want to be a servant of the Malfoys? I think 
Cinderella would be at a country club in comparison).  

Like I said, Dobby is ahead of him time, and he also understands what 
an important commodity Harry is to the wizarding world.  We know that 
Lucius is a Death Eater, wouldn't it be safe to assume that Dobby 
overheard Lucius talking about the return of LV and realizes that he 
must stop him.  I think that Dobby is putting his rules as a House Elf 
on the back burner and put his duty as a member of the wizarding world 
foward.  If LV comes to power, every magical creature is in trouble.  
I just think that Dobby is a rule breaker.  

Dobby wanted to get away from the Malfoy family so badly that he would 
use any excuse to get away, i.e. the sock.  Yes technically it is 
Harry's and Malfoy did not hand him the sock, just the diary with the 
sock.  Dobby is not going with every rule in the book, we know that 
already, so I just think Dobby is bending the rules to get away from 
them. 

Another view to consider is how far back does Dobby know the Malfoy 
family?  It's true that we don't know much about the Potter family, 
all we know is that they are a pureblood rich family like the 
Malfoys.  But maybe Dobby knows.  I can imagine that a long time ago 
when the Malfoys and Potters were quarreling the Potters did 
something for Dobby that changed him and he feels that he owes it to 
Harry now that he is the only one left.  Dobby is different for a 
reason and the reason is because of something that happened long ago.

"Jennifer"