Dobby
I've got two words for any strange creature I find jumping on my bed -- Avada Kedavra. Seriously, Harry it far too trusting. Dobby, however, turns out to be alright. In fact, Dobby ends up being one of my favorite characters. Rowling uses Dobby to represent a lot of social and political underlying themes that occur throughout the series. I'll touch more on those when they present themselves later in the series. For now, let's just enjoy our quirky little friend.
George mentions that house-elves have powerful magic of their own, but are bound by their masters. This is a big forshadowing statement. We'll find out later just how significane that is.
Early Mentions
If you look carefully, you'll notice that Rowling name drops quite a bit. She brings up names far before the character is formally introduced. There are two characters in Chapter 3 that fall in this category. The first is Celestina Warbeck. Como se Huh? Yeah, she's mentioned as playing on the radio when Harry first enters the Burrow in this book. She's also the same wizard singer who sings Cauldron Full of Hot Strong Love in Book 6 during Christmas time. The other is Mundungus Fletcher. Dung is mentioned as someone who gives Mr. Weasley a hard time during the previous night. He doesn't become a prominant character until Book 5.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Chamber of Secrets - Chapters 2-3
Posted by Tyler the Gryffindork at 6:30 PM
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you keep mentioning these things that will come up later and if I was a more focused reader, I would remember how they all fit in, but I forget!
Well, it takes a dork like me who's read the series too many times to be able to pick those things out. Thus, the purpose of this blog :)
Yeah, but even if Harry wasn't trusting, he doesn't know Avada Kadavra yet. He doesn't learn it till book 4. Spoiler! Which always makes me wonder what he's planning on doing to Sirius in book 3 when he wants to kill him.
You don't have the know Avada Kedavra to pick up dobby and chuck him out the window. Same thing with Sirius. I think Harry was planning on killing him the "traditional" way. i.e. with any muggle weapon he could find.
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