Dobby's Gift

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 105548

I continue to ponder the significance of Dobby's
Christmas gift to Harry
in the Order of the Phoenix, as described in Chapter
23, Christmas on
the Closed Ward: " ... And Dobby a truly dreadful
painting that Harry
suspected had been done by the elf himself." Fred sees
the painting: "
'What's that supposed to be, anyway"' asked Fred,
squinting at Dobby's
painting. 'Looks like a gibbon with two black eyes.'
'It's Harry!' said
George, pointing at the back of the picture, 'says so
on the back.' "

When I recently reread OoTP, this exchange sent chills
down my back.
There are so many portraits of dead wizards inhabited
in some sense by
the wizards themselves, even though they are quite
dead. These wizard
portraits are quite important in this book. Given the
mostly unknown but
powerful magical abilities of house elves, I cannot
help but think that
Harry may indeed die and will wind up inhabiting
Dobby's crude portrait.

Please oh please, prove me wrong!

Suzanne



		
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