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{{Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Intermediate Spoiler}}
Snape's ongoing dislike for Harry is a main feature throughout the series. Harry's first-ever Potions class with Snape actually foreshadows events in the upcoming books. In his introduction, Snape says he can teach the students to, "brew fame, bottle fortune, and even stopper death." (The US book has a slightly different wording; see below.) This scene's many connections, as described below, to later parts of the series, had led many fans to speculate, following the events in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince|the sixth book's conclusion]], that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] and Snape conspired to fake Dumbledore's death. In fact, the potion mentioned had been used in that book,
In the book's British and Canadian versions, Snape's wording in the scene mentioned above, "and even stopper death," is somewhat ambiguous; some readers have suggested that it means placing death in a bottle. This seems overly simplistic, as poisons are so common, both in the Muggle and Wizarding worlds, that they hardly merit mention. The more likely meaning is to prevent Death from acting, stoppering it inside a bottle. In the US / Scholastic version of the books, this phrase appears instead as "and even put a stopper to death." As we learn later in the series, the US version of Snape's speech is better aligned with his actual meaning, though many editors feel that the original British wording is more elegant.
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Harry and Ron constantly getting lost shows the castle's magical qualities and its overall enormity. Hogwarts harbors countless secrets, many that become important later in the series. Because the castle is so confusing, Harry. Ron, Neville, and Hermione end up in the third floor corridor; escaping Filch, they enter that corridor by accident, and will thereby learn something very important to the overall story.
Although Neville says his family believed he might have been a "Muggle", a more accurate description would be a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Squib|"Squib."]] Without specifically mentioning yet what exactly they are, the author appears to be dropping a hint regarding their existence in Wizard society. It will be learned later that Squibs are born into Wizard families, but through some genetic quirk, lack any magical ability. In addition to the pure-bloods, half-bloods, and Muggle-borns noted in the above "Analysis" section, Squibs are yet another, though tiny, division within that social order; some Wizards treat them almost as outcasts, and Squibs are often encouraged to integrate themselves into Muggle society, although a Squib raised in a purely magical household would likely find it difficult to adapt. Readers learn later that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Arabella Figg|Mrs. Figg]], Harry's odd [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Privet Drive|Privet Drive]] neighbor, and Mr. Filch, are both Squibs who function within the Wizarding world despite lacking magical powers. Neville's family obviously tried hard to coax out any magical powers he might possess, most likely fearing the social stigma that having a Squib family member generates. As extreme (and downright silly and dangerous) as their attempts were to prove otherwise, it finally resulted in Neville showing that he is indeed a Wizard, though it appears his magical ability is rather weak. However, this changes
Ironically, it was likely Neville's family that created his problems, though their intentions were good. It will be learned that Neville's parents, who were [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Auror|Aurors (Dark Wizard catchers)]], were tortured into insanity by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]]'s [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Death Eaters|Death Eaters]]. Neville's relatives apparently applied strong memory charms to alleviate Neville's painful recollections about this traumatic event. Unfortunately, these charms, applied too strong or abundantly, can damage a Wizard's mental and magical abilities, perhaps permanently. Another character, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Bertha Jorkins|Bertha Jorkins]], later in the series, will suffer a similar affliction after [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Bartemius Crouch Sr.|Bartemius Crouch]] casts a powerful memory charm on her to prevent
It should perhaps be noted that the social stigma associated with having a Squib relative is mentioned in two other places as well. In speaking about his own family, on the Hogwarts Express in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', Ron mentions that they do have a relative who is an accountant, but they do not talk about her much. And we will see, in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'']], that when [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ariana Dumbledore|Dumbledore's sister]] was hidden from the neighbours, the immediate assumption was that she was a Squib.
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