No wonder Hermione was so disappointed in the elves in GoF. Dobby is like a liberal's dream the way he fawns all over Harry just for obviously being one of the good humans and is ready to give him a Nobel prize just for being so kind as to ask him to sit down.
*Remember kids, house elves are not like goblins who can "take care of themselves". They are helpless and oppressed.
Not like those damned goblins with their usury.
*And Vernon cracks another joke about people of different nationalities, making the Dursley's seem not only prejudiced against wizards, but xenophobic as well.
But in the bad way. Not like the general reaction to the nationalist stereotypes of GoF.
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Date: 2006-11-26 05:02 pm (UTC)*Remember kids, house elves are not like goblins who can "take care of themselves". They are helpless and oppressed.
Not like those damned goblins with their usury.
*And Vernon cracks another joke about people of different nationalities, making the Dursley's seem not only prejudiced against wizards, but xenophobic as well.
But in the bad way. Not like the general reaction to the nationalist stereotypes of GoF.