EmpireOnline posted a photo gallery of the “Most Downtrodden(Yet Inspiring) Characters In Movie History”. Dobby, a character created by J.K. Rowling who wrote the Harry Potter series, was number 8. The house elf was introduced to moviegoers in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)Why he’s so miserable: It may have been largely excised from the filmed versions, but in the Harry Potter universe house elves like Dobby are essentially slaves, in that they work without pay and without possibility of release except by their master’s say-so. That may be alright if you work somewhere fairly cuddly, like the Hogwarts kitchens (where the elves are largely bemused by Hermione and her Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare), but if you work for the Malfoys you can count on regular beatings, semi-starvation, verbal abuse and having to cater to dark wizards.
Why he’s inspiring: Dobby’s best efforts quite often bring disaster on their intended beneficiary (usually Harry Potter), but you can’t fault him for doing everything he can to protect The Boy Who Lived from a clear and present danger - and he does it at considerable risk to himself. Dobby continues to play a heroic role throughout the series, always putting the welfare of others before his own, and plays a role out of all proportion to his size.
Other characters in the photo gallery include Napoleon Dynamite and Wall-E.
Click here to view the gallery. Warning: Adult situations mentioned pertaining to some of the downtrodden (yet inspiring) characters.
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
I’ve posted more of our videos from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter celebrations. This time we have Warwick Davis conducting the Hogwarts Chorus to Something Wicked this way Comes. There’s John Williams conducting the Orlando Philharmonic Symphony. The cast show up in the Knight Bus and the Ford Anglia to help open up Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with some magic and a lot of fireworks! We also have more of the interviews from the press conference with the cast. Check back tomorrow for videos and photos from the public grand opening of the Wizarding World!
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