Harry Potter: This incredible plot with Hermione is never seen in the movies

If you’ve ever read J.K. Rowling’s works or discover their film adaptations in the early 2000s, you know that the house elves in the magical world of Harry Potter are probably the most exploited and mistreated creatures.

From the second opus of the saga, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, we meet a man named Dobby, a loyal friend of the young wizard who is also a slave of the Malfoy family.

Like almost all house elves – including those who work on the grounds of Hogwarts and prepare food for students in the shadows – he is obliged to serve his masters until death or hypothetical release (finally provoked by Harry at the end of the film).

But Dobby is far from the only one to suffer this sad fate, and hundreds of other elves suffer the same state of slavery. A situation that some, like Wink, paradoxically become very involved with. If it’s just depicted in the feature films, the dire plight of the house elves runs much deeper in the original works.

So in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth opus of the saga, Hermione creates an association that aims to protect the rights of elves: an organization she decides to name SALE, for Elven Aid Society. Freeing the Elves. (In the original version this is SPEW, for Society for the Promotion of Elven Welfare).

JK. Described at length in Rowling’s books, Hermione’s fight to give elves basic rights (salary, fixed hours, holidays) is unfortunately not shared by many people at Hogwarts.

If Harry and Ron join the movement to please him, the same cannot be said for the other students. Not to mention that for some, the elves themselves are radically opposed to the idea of ​​being freed from status.

(Did you notice Harry Potter’s scar in the final shot of the saga?)

This determination of the young wizard wants to change the state of beings against their will He even questioned a few fansAnd the way he was portrayed didn’t really help to highlight the character.

This is undoubtedly one of the reasons that explains the absence of this plot in the film adaptation of the saga. But first of all, it should be noted that this whole story – although it reflects an interesting social fact in the wizarding world – undoubtedly monopolized a lot of screen time and was far from essential to the development of the main plot.

Indeed, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the longest works in the saga and represents a real turning point in the adventures of the young wizard, no doubt it seemed very difficult to add this rather random episode to the film. Mention the Triwizard Tournament, the Quidditch World Cup, and the return of Voldemort.

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