Dobby himself said it. Dobby was a House elf who was in the service of the Malfoy family until the Chamber of Secrets, where Harry put one of his socks in a book Mr Lucius Malfoy had given to Ginny. Harry then returned it to Mr Malfoy and Lucius gave it to Dobby, therefore freeing him.
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During the first movie Bellatrix lestrainge is torturing them and dobby comes to save them so he elf-aperates them but Bellatrix throws her knife at him and he dies but I cant explain in the amount of space given how they came to be at malfoy manor so watch the movie
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Harry's sock sets him free, he tricks Malfoy into giving it to him; spoiler alert: this piece of clothing becomes Dobby's favourite and thinks that they are suppose to be worn not as a pair but so they don't match each other and he make a pair for Harry latter on in the series ^.^
Dobby was killed by Bellatrix Le Strange in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Dobby was at Malfoy Manor to rescue Hermione and Griphook, who were being tortured. Just before he Dissapparated, Bellatrix threw her silver knife and hit him in the chest. Moments later Dobby reappeared at Shell Cottage, and Harry realized the hilt of the knife was protruding from Dobby's chest. Dobby died just after."Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (First American Hardback Edition)Author: JK RowlingChapter 23: Malfoy ManorPages: 474 - 476ISBN: 0545010225
They were bound to evil masters and eventually broke away. Gollum, in a sense broke away when he fell into Mount Doom. Dobby broke free when Harry gave him the sock. Gollum and Dobby both had good intentions, but wether it was Dobby's loyalty to the Malfoys or Gollum's obession with the ring, they made it very hard for the protagonists to complete their quests. Gollum was more evil than Dobby. He planned to do more evil than good, and was determined to get the ring from Frodo. Dobby on the other hand, had good intentions but had everything to go wrong. In the movies, both were computer generated. They had overly skinny legs and arms, big heads and big eyes. Both have long skinny fingers. Dobby could do magic while Gollum could not. Gollum had been corrupted, while Dobby maintained his innocence and desire to do good. Gollum was in a sense evil and cunning although he was possesed as fredo was becoming Dobby was almost pure and inoncent although in book 2 he did some nasty things to try and protect harry