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A house-elf whom Harry freed from service to the Malfoys in his second year, and who has remained unwaveringly loyal to Harry and Harry's friends ever since. Unusually for a house-elf, Dobby loves freedom and is proud of wanting to be paid for his work. Though it isn't clear what Dobby has spent his year doing—he was formerly in paid service at Hogwarts—he's in contact with Aberforth Dumbledore, who sends Dobby to rescue Harry and his friends from Malfoy Manor. Dobby not only Apparates everyone out of the manor, but also drops a chandelier on his former masters and scolds Bellatrix Lestrange for trying to hurt his friends. Dobby dies when Bellatrix throws a knife at him while he's Apparating. Harry chooses to dig Dobby's grave by hand, believing that Dobby deserves the respect and loyalty shown to him in death that Dobby showed Harry in life. They bury Dobby in socks and hats, which he loved to collect.
Dobby Quotes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows quotes below are all either spoken by Dobby or refer to Dobby. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
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He did not want to express the doubts and uncertainties about Dumbledore that had riddled him for months now. He had made his choice while he dug Dobby's grave, he had decided to continue along the winding, dangerous path indicated for him by Albus Dumbledore, to accept that he had not been told everything that he wanted to know, but simply to trust. He had no desire to doubt again; he did not want to hear anything that would deflect him from his purpose.
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Dobby Quotes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows quotes below are all either spoken by Dobby or refer to Dobby. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter Twenty-Eight
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He did not want to express the doubts and uncertainties about Dumbledore that had riddled him for months now. He had made his choice while he dug Dobby's grave, he had decided to continue along the winding, dangerous path indicated for him by Albus Dumbledore, to accept that he had not been told everything that he wanted to know, but simply to trust. He had no desire to doubt again; he did not want to hear anything that would deflect him from his purpose.
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