Dobby's Warning
In which Dobby ruins a dinner party and tells Harry not to go back to Hogwarts.
The thing that makes Dobby so admirable is that he has to do the right thing. It's embedded in his character to do what he thinks is right thing no matter what the cost, whether the right thing is to warn Harry of going back to Hogwarts, to hit himself with a lamp, or to not talk ill of his masters. It's pretty tragic to have a heart so golden that it leads to the detriment of others. He honestly means well when he hides letters and drops puddings on women's heads. Those things just tend to upset the people he's trying to help. He's also very smart. He knows exactly what he's doing all the time. He doesn't follow orders from the Malfoys for the sake of following them, and he—forgot what I was going to say—is just really cool.
The Malfoys' plan is hinted at even in this chapter, for why else would Dobby be warning Harry about going back to Hogwarts? Of course, at this point, we don't know that Dobby belongs to the Malfoys or that the Malfoys have a secret plan. I guess despite Voldemort thinking otherwise, Lucius does attempt to bring back Voldmemort. I don't know how he knows what that diary would do, though.
Harry has another dream at the end of this chapter, where he's in a snake cage (or just a regular cage, I'm assuming it's the same cage of the snake he let loose at the zoo last year). A lot of Harry's dreams have to do with snakes and Harry's scar.
I never understood why Harry was reprimanded for Dobby's magic. He receives a letter and everything, but Dobby doesn't have the trace on him, so the wizards shouldn't have even been able to tell there was any magic going on at 4 Privet Drive. My only guess would be that 4 Privet Drive is under very strict surveillance, because Harry's a very important wizard, but I haven't a clue.
Incredibly short chapter. Incredibly short response. Learn how to spell incredibly, Sam.
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