This material is presented for the purposes of review and critique only. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. He then tries to read the Marauder’s Map, with some interesting results.ĭisclaimer: This excerpt from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. Some similarities exist (see out-of-universe example below) but the finished products could easily be mistaken for separate writers if one isn't looking with a super keen eye.Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanīrief summary of scene: Professor Snape orders Harry to empty his pockets. Harry needed to be the one who discovers the truth to the secret of the Half-Blood Prince.Īs DVK and alexwlchan both mention, handwriting can change significantly between the teen years and adulthood. Rowling needed Hermione to not notice because JKR needed us not to know who the Half-Blood Prince is until the story is wrapping up. There is nothing in canon that directly addresses this. When it comes to a canonical characterization (I believe as you seem to), Hermione ostensibly should have noticed, if Snape's handwriting remained the same from his teen years to adulthood - this is extremely unlikely. Order of the Phoenix - pages 564-565 - Bloomsbury - chapter twenty-eight, Snape's Worst Memory His hand was flying across the parchment he had written at least a foot more than his closest neighbours, and yet his writing was minuscule and cramped.
So Snape had to be fifteen or sixteen, around Harry’s own age.
Harry moved around behind Snape and read the heading of the examination paper: DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS – ORDINARY WIZARDING LEVEL. Here's another example describing Snape's handwriting at age 15:
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