Goblins; different from Griphook?

Zara zgirnius at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 17 15:21:50 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 184103

> Mike:
> But goblins? Where was the exception? Which one broke ranks to show 
> us that they don't all think the way Griphook thinks? Is Griphook the 
> exception because he initially helped Harry? Personality-wise he 
> probably is an exception, or rather, they all have individual 
> personalities. But belief-wise, not really. 

Zara:
Yes, I think Griphook is supposed to be the exception because he 
initially consents to help Harry (and also, to be *NOT* the exception, 
as Firenze and Dobby are proven not to be in the examples from your 
post I snipped). I think the text is pretty heavy-handed in getting 
across to us that Harry's behavior in burying Dobby is *not* that of a 
typical wizard. And Griphook responds by being "not typical". To me, 
this is saying that, just as with all the other races, the issues 
wizrds are having with goblins, are absolutely created at least in 
part, by the treatment of goblins by wizards.






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