Wands and Wizards...Again (Was: Epilogue ...)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 183737

> Montavilla47:
> Again, you seem to think I want something different to happen.  
> I don't actually.  I'm simply telling you what message I'm getting
> from what *does* happen.
> 
> You can get a different message, if you like.  I certainly don't 
> mind.  But I can't help noticing that, in order to get that 
> different message, we would need to infer things that don't happen
> in the books.  Such as Hermione taking up House-Elf rights at a
> later point.

Jen: You don't have to infer that though, you just have to infer that 
Hermione's fundamental character didn't change as is being postulated 
in the other thread, and that she continues to care about house elf 
rights like she always has.  

You answered my previous question in this post, and just like you 
would have to see an action such as Hermione demanding Harry give 
Kreacher clothes in order to believe she's anti-slavery (or other 
example that fits for you), I would need to hear Hermione say she no 
longer believes there's a problem with the house elves, that their 
condition is just fine with her, in order to make the conclusion that 
she's reversed her previous thinking and is now pro-slavery.  It's 
not there.  She continues to care about their welfare, she continues 
to exhibit a passion for injustice in other areas of DH.  As far as I 
can see, nothing's changed except the focus & scope at this 
particular point in Hermione's life.  I don't have to extrapolate 
that she does anything else later off-page to think she continues to 
believe what she always has about house elves.