[HPforGrownups] Re: 3 unrelated OOP questions

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 96553


>Antosha:
>Wow. That's really interesting; I hadn't thought of whether the Potters
>mightn't have had a 
>house elf... Though Dobby is very clear that his position IMPROVED
after >Voldy's initial 
>defeat. Does make one wonder, though: what happens to a house elf when
the >house has 
>been destroyed? Is that Winkie's ailment?
>
>I think Dobby was extending the mantle of mastership to Harry because
a) >Harry is a 
>denizen of Hogwarts--that is, a wizard and b) he (Dobby) feels so
beholden >to Harry. But I 
>could be totally wrong...

Iggy here:

I think the answer is a bit more simple.

Dobby is a free Elf, therefore he HAS no master.  (Not even
Dumbledore... who is his employer, not Master.)  On the other hand,
Dobby still has a lot of the habits and such ingrained into him for many
years of service to a cruel master.

I think Harry gave him the orders, and Dobby accepted them, as a way
that Dobby could rationalize his way around his ingrained habits.

Just my two centaurs worth.

Iggy McSnurd