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[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 178872

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Katie Spilman <kspilman at ...> 
wrote:

> Why is everyone so worried about house elves yet I don't anyone 
complaining about the gnome-abuse storyline that was prevalent 
throughout any time Harry visited the Weasleys.

lizzyben:

Not to mention the mandrake-abuse! I sort of cringed when we read 
about the cute little mandrake babies that cry, grow up, throw wild 
parties, go through adolesence, and are then chopped up in little 
pieces for mandrake potion. The wizarding world is a very weird 
place. It seems like the problem is that JKR makes these 
plants/animals/creatures into sentient beings that can talk, show 
emotion, and feel pain - and then turns around to treat them as non-
sentient beings when the plot requires. It just doesn't work that 
way. Either house elves want freedom or they don't. Either mandrakes 
can feel pain or they can't. But the combining & switching of roles 
creates a very schizophrenic outlook. 

lizzyben