A sandwich

[slytherin_jenn]

No: HPFGUIDX 178665

> > Laura:
> I don't think it takes any grand revelations about house elves'
> natures.  Harry is hungry.  House elves fix food at Hogwarts.
> Kreacher is at Hogwarts.  Kreacher can fix good food for Harry.
> Harry is hungry and tired.  He wonders if Kreacher could fix
> him a sandwich.  To me, it is that simple.
> As far as food goes, Harry has pretty much ALWAYS let
> others help him (at least in the Wizarding World).  Does
> he cook on the grand camping trip?  Does he cook at the
> Burrow?
>
> The only place we saw him cook was at 4 Privet Drive, IIRC.
> How do you think would have been in character for him
> to get food at that point?

Celoneth:
I didn't get the impression that he was highly hungry - just a
thought in his head, along w/ thoughts of wanting to be alone
for a while and get some rest. & I fully expect that house-elves
would have made him the food, but I don't, from reading the other
books, get the impression that he would think about the concept
of house-elves making him food or expecting a house-elf to serve
him. He never really pays attention to the Hogwarts house-elves,
or house-elves in general even after visiting the kitchens and
seeing how everything works and, like I said before, he treats
house-elves in the same general way he treats humans which is
why, being exhausted as he is, I find it odd that he'd do a
complete 180 in his attitude and awareness of the Hogwarts
house-elves - given his exhaustion, the nature of everything
that transpired, and the heroic and very human behaviour of
the house-elves that he's seen recently - it doesn't seem to
be the place for him to decide to act like a WW house-elf owner.

As far as his reluctance to be helped goes, he only calls on
Dobby when he's desperate, and half the time, Dobby's already
there willing to serve, same with the DH Kreacher - I never got
the impression that Harry would call upon them unless he felt
there was no other way or would make use of their services (when
they were already there and most likely offering up to do stuff
for him). Its a much different attitude then the status-quo WW
house-elf owner attitude his comment at the end of DH implies.

Celoneth