Why does Harry have to get rid of the potions book I Half-Blood Prince?

Because he wanted to keep it. It was a better book than the official one, and far more useful – and he hadn’t tried all the recipes and all the spells. Without the book, he was lost. Side note: Professor Snape knew perfectly well whose book Harry was reading.

Why didnt Snape keep his potions book?

Simply, the reason he left the book there was because it wasn’t really his. It was one of the school’s copies that he used while he was at Hogwarts because his family couldn’t afford to buy him a copy. We don’t know much about Snape’s childhood, but one thing we do know is that he was very poor.

Why was Snape so good at potions?

Snape became so good at potions because Lily was a natural and he wanted to have something in common with her. What proof do you have of this? It’s more likely that Snape had unnatural talent for potions (case in point, his modifications to the textbook).

Why didn’t Snape give Harry the book in the Half Blood Prince?

Severus Snape, at the point of the Half-blood Prince where he suspected Harry of possibly possessing his old school book, was prevented from obtaining it because of Harry’s deception after the devastating fight with Malfoy in the girl’s bathroom.

Did Snape know that Harry had his old potions book?

Snape probably did not suspect that Harry had his old potions book until Harry used sectumsempera on Draco Malfoy. Professor Slughorn had been praising Harry’s skills to Snape. This may have struck Snape as odd but he might not have given it much tall at that time because he had other things on his mind.

What was Snape’s nickname in Advanced Potion-Making?

A personally-annotated copy of Advanced Potion-Making belonged to Severus Snape while he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Snape’s nickname for himself was the “Half-Blood Prince”, and so he signed this nickname along the bottom of the back cover of the book.

What was Snape’s nickname for himself in Harry Potter?

Snape’s nickname for himself was the “Half-Blood Prince”, and so he signed this nickname along the bottom of the back cover of the book. Advanced Potion-Making is a Potions textbook used by Hogwarts for N.E.W.T level Potions classes and authored by Libatius Borage.