Wormtail: More than Meets the Eye?
by Stuart McCaighy Peter Wormtail Pettigrew. All of us JKR fans are familiar with this character. Wormtail is a character written for us not to like, and with good reason. He is the ultimate...
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The Burrow: Save the Hippogriff
by Robbie Fischer The magical world is full of creatures that are half-this, half-that. And most of them are not things you would want to meet in a dark forest. Don’t even think about...
CC #063: Week of December 28, 2003
In this week’s Caption Contest image, the former headmasters and headmistresses of Hogwarts doze in their portraits inside Dumbledore’s office. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
The Burrow: Power Tripping
by Nancy Paulette Through numerous readings of the Harry Potter series, I’ve noticed that, time and again, ideas about power, success and abilities are brought up. Each time, the emphasis is on a different...
CC #062: Week of December 21, 2003
In this week’s Caption Contest image, the trio discover something is afoot at Hogwarts by what’s written on the wall. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Uncovering Severus Snape: Patterns and Subtle Repetition
by Cindy Eric Introduction J.K. Rowling has many ways of managing to make us forget something of vital importance in the books – only to have it reappear later as a major, or even...
The North Tower #14: House Elves (2)
Different people react very differently to the elves’ situation. The Hogwarts house elves (HHE) think that they have the greatest job in the world (according to Fred and George in GoF); they’re happy with and proud of their situation. Winky is happy serving the Crouches but unhappy being a free elf. (Note that she’s still wearing her real clothes at Hogwarts and not the Hogwarts pillowcase. She’s thus not a “true” HHE; she’s serving wizards, but she’s still free.) Dobby is unhappy being the slave of the Malfoys and happy serving the wizard kind while still being free (at Hogwarts).
Gryffindor Tower #17: Garrison And Granger: A Study Of The Enslavement Of Beings And The Movements To Freedom
by Dan Acknowledgements: To give credit where it is due, I would like to point out the sources I have used. First, for much of the information on house-elves, I wanted to use a...
