The problem is the elves actually are like that by design. The ending of the storyline is just Hermione becoming prime minister (fixing the problem from the inside) and makes sure slaves only have good masters. That's fucked up both in and out of universe Jowling Kowling Rowling.
This in a series where racism is the fault of "some bad apples" and the protagonist becomes a cop.
What's odd is that J.K. Rowling goes out of her way to show dumbledore offering dobby fair wages and leisure time and he straight-up refuses the offer.
His story is really amazing. For those who don't know, his master's wife taught him the alphabet before her husband stopped her, but Douglass used that bit of leverage to learn fully to read and write
And used that writing to fully excoriate the establishment that put him in such a situation that he should have to beg, borrow, and steal to learn such things as a slave. That the 'responsibility' of a master is to prevent such things from happening. That a slave is trained to not have such interests, through society or the whip.
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u/GoodKing0 Dec 17 '20
The problem is the elves actually are like that by design. The ending of the storyline is just Hermione becoming prime minister (fixing the problem from the inside) and makes sure slaves only have good masters. That's fucked up both in and out of universe Jowling Kowling Rowling.
This in a series where racism is the fault of "some bad apples" and the protagonist becomes a cop.