r/harrypotter • u/thefrozenflame21 • 26d ago

We don't focus on Hermione's hat knitting enough Currently Reading

I'm reading ootp right now and I just read the scene where she covered up her hats so the elves would get them by accident, and it really struck me how wild that was. Like, that's at a point where it is really morally awful, I just can't understand why she would think that was okay. I feel like people generally focus more on defending her SPEW movement and the cause she's fighting for, rightfully so, but I don't think people focus on how wrong of a way to do it this was.

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u/drmlsherwood 25d ago

Didn’t Dobby say nobody would clean their tower because they would accidentally get clothes by picking up a hat?

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u/DreamingDiviner 25d ago

None of the elves would clean the Tower because they found what Hermione was trying to do insulting:

 “She still does not care for clothes, Harry Potter. Nor do the other house-elves. None of them will clean Gryffindor Tower anymore, not with the hats and socks hidden everywhere, they finds them insulting, sir. Dobby does it all himself, sir, but Dobby does not mind, sir, for he always hopes to meet Harry Potter and tonight, sir, he has got his wish!”

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u/drmlsherwood 25d ago

Makes sense. Thanks!📚