Cobb who was blacklisted.]The tale was inspired and loosely based on a real-life incident over the Fourth of July weekend in 1947 in Hollister, California, (publicized in an issue ofHarper""s Magazinein a January 1951 article titled "Cyclists"" Raid" by Frank Rooney), when about four thousand people, composed of motorcyclists and other visitors and enthusiasts, roared into the town over a two day period, and overwhelmed the facilities.And if Travis wishes to purchase a weapon, he has a source.Off-handedly, Wizard mentions that he has a gun but never uses it: "I never use mine.I""m conservative, you know.It""s a good thing to have just as a threat." An anxiety-ridden Travis dumps an Alka-Seltzer ablet in a glass of water - the camera zooms in and lingers on the exploding, fizzing action [a symbolic, precipitous descent into the effervescent disturbances in Travis"" inner world]." And enslaved house-elf Dobby was freed from servitude to his master, Lucius Malfoy, by a clever trick.The young grand-daughter received a beautiful, repaired, hand-crafted doll-house made by the hard-working craftsman Arthur.