as HP7 is coming out, i thought i'd read the others again. Then i remembered a fault I had found with them. Ok, in HP2 harry sez his dad was not at hogwarts 50yrs ago. And from the third book onwards, it is established snape was at school wit james potter. But then in the 6th book, snape's potions book (from when he was at school) is dated 50 yrs ago!
so this is a very big t*ts up for JK rowling. Oh well, at least the books are good. the films aren't.
2007-03-27 08:32:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
and the book couldn't have been 50 years old? maybe it was Snape's mother's or something before he went to school..
2007-03-27 08:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by eyenoura 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
though the book was 50 years old that doesnt mean that the prince was the first to own it. it may have been passed down or sold to snape 2nd hand. they did not act as if snapes family was very rich. the weaslys rarely get new books but they get theres from the used book section unless the book is new to the curriculem which we know potions was not.
2007-03-29 00:16:18 · answer #2 · answered by billy_bong_horton 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The book belonged to Snape's Mother.
2007-03-27 15:50:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good try but, their right. The book first belonged to snapes mother then to him. That's why the initials didn't add up at first and they couldn't figure out who it was. Remember them checking to see who was really good at potions and a girls name came up w/ the correct initials? Then snape used his mom's book and made notes in it.
2007-03-27 16:00:52 · answer #4 · answered by Seeker 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I didnt know this, but I'll join in anyway. The book was Snape's mother's
2007-03-27 16:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's called Hand me Down. she was good in potions too, and gave her son the book. she had written notes, as snape did as well because he invented some spells
2007-03-28 15:50:09 · answer #6 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't. The book originally belonged to Snape's mother, Eileen Prince. He got it from her.
2007-03-27 16:05:31 · answer #7 · answered by gryffindorgrad91 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yup. it was snape's mom's book.
because they weren't well off, the book was handed down to snape :-)
and i agree, the movies fail to explain a lot. just look at the 4th movie, if i hadn't read the books beforehand, i would have been completely lost!
2007-03-27 15:45:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no, the book was snape's mom's. I know, i've read each one about a hundred times.
2007-03-27 15:40:19 · answer #9 · answered by musicalchairs 456 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
good observation...but you might be wrong so reread it! but yeah... since the director of the third movie started the movies have gone downhill.
2007-03-27 15:41:01 · answer #10 · answered by Joyous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋