House Elves and War and peace WAS: Re: Harry's remark about Kreacher

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No: HPFGUIDX 178601

Alla:

> In essense what I am saying is that this sentence of yours:
> Magpie:
> >I don't assume things are changing the way I would in a 
historical 
> > novel where I *know* things will change because history has 
shown 
> >it 
> > to me.
> 
>Alla: 
> is probably our key disagreement. I do not see how I can NOT make 
> that assumption.
> 


Alla:

Oh dear, I got carried away again. I wanted to stress that actually 
I am not necessarily making this assumption either. What I am saying 
though that through the novels JKR said enough to make me believe 
that to leave house elves as slaves is NOT a happy ending for her.

That is despite the fact that Harry is happy, etc and THAT is 
absolutely similar to how I see serfs situation in War and Peace.

Ending seemed happy to me for main characters and serfs in war and 
peace also were not that unhappy at all.

I think JKR said enough to make me believe that this is unresolved 
issue, not the "proper place"

JMO,

Alla