house elves

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 102556

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phil Boswell" <phil_hp7 at y...> 
wrote:
 
> We simply don't have enough samples to see how the generality of
> house-elf "masters" treat them.>

Yes, and isn't it interesting that JKR has not chosen to reveal any other 
Wizarding families who have Elves?  We have only seen Elves with people 
who are jerks to begin with (with the exception of Dumbledore, who we know 
who set them free and pay them if they asked).

I wonder if the Weasleys would even have an Elf if they came into a lot of 
money.  I can see Arthur and Molly both choosing not to enslave an Elf.

Like I said before, it takes someone who enjoys power and authority over 
others to not only keep an Elf, but to treat them as badly as we've seen.  The 
Malfoys are vile and disgusting people who believe they are above all others.  
The Blacks' home, what we've heard from Sirius, and that awful portrait of his 
mother gives us a good sense that these were not nice people.  Even 
Crouch, who started with good intentions, let his job go to his head in a way 
that was the ruin of him in the end.

I am not surprised that these are the Wizarding families who keep Elves.

--jenny from ravenclaw