[HPforGrownups] Re: A sandwich

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 178650


On 2007, Oct 29, , at 16:09, slytherin_jenn wrote:

> Celoneth:
> I don't see it as normalty, it seems OOC for him - someone who's
> always been extremely reluctant for others to do stuff for him.
> A wish for peace and rest and a sandwich - sure, I get that -
> he deserves that and much more - I just don't understand why
> Kreacher is brought into it.
>
> Celoneth

If Dobby were still alive, would it make more sense to you?
Dobby would be ecstatic to serve Harry in that minor way.
This is Hogwarts, where the only way Harry knows to get a
sandwich is to either go down to the kitchens himself (a very
unusual undertaking and risking running in to people he
doesn't want to see) or asking a house elf to get him one.  If
he asked any other house elf to get him a sandwich, Dobby
would have been hurt.

 From the time that Harry gave him the fake locket, Kreacher
has enjoyed working for Harry and Co.  He was overjoyed
to be able to fix some of Harry's favorite foods; he cleaned
up his appearance; he even seemed in much better mental
health.  It is my feeling that Kreacher would have taken the
request for a sandwich as a validation of his position in
Harry's life - it would make him feel honored, rather than put
upon.  House elves get their feelings of worth from the acts
of service they perform, not unlike mothers and many teachers.
Money isn't the main reason they do it.

And it would give Harry a chance to thank him for the part he
played in the Battle of Hogwarts.

Laura
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Laura Lynn Walsh    lwalsh at acsalaska.net
http://llwcontemplations.blogspot.com



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