A sandwich

[terri_anneca]

No: HPFGUIDX 178628

> > lealess says
> JKR also created Dobby, the elf who acted alone, who wanted to be 
> free, who held Harry to be a saviour, who wore wizard-provided 
> clothes, and who died a hero's death. JKR also created Hermione, the 
> Muggleborn who stubbornly tried to free the elves whether they wanted 
> freedom or not.  Perhaps nobody would be having this discussion were 
> it not for Dobby and the story his life seemed to be telling, along 
> with Hermione's premature efforts on behalf of house-elves.  So tell 
> me, why oh why did JKR even include this storyline at all?  It seemed 
> to be an anti-slavery story at one time.  It ended up being anything 
> but.

I've always felt that this story line wasn't anti slavery but pro don't 
judge a book by its cover.  Although to Hermione the house elves were 
slaves who needed to be freed, they themselves didn't feel the need to 
be free.  Perhaps she wrote this as a moral to people who seem to feel 
the need to inflict their beliefs on others, no matter how much they 
are unwanted.
Terri