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Should Harry Potter consider Professor Snape more of a friend or a foe?

Results so far:

Friend
74% 118 votes Total: 159 votes
Foe
26% 41 votes
  • 1 of 13

    by Glory Lennon

    With book seven now out this argument is rather moot but for those who have not read Deathly Hallows, do yourself a favor and skip this. Let's make one thing perfectly clea...read more

  • 2 of 13

    by Lara Anne

    If we are to compare Professor Snape with Voldemort, the Malfoys and numerous other Death Eaters, then we would have to conclude that Snape is more of a friend than a foe to Har...read more

  • 3 of 13

    by Ally Venues

    After eagerly finishing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to the last page and last word, I have concluded that Professor Snape is in fact a "good guy" for many reasons....read more

  • 4 of 13

    by Adelaide Whether

    Harry should definitely consider Snape as more of a friend than a foe. As was revealed in the last book, Snape had a lasting devotion to Harry's mother Lily, and out of this af...read more

  • 5 of 13

    by Tamara Mitchell

    The central theme to the Harry Potter novels is that love and friendship conquer all. The air of compassionate redemption penetrates Harry's relationships: Peter Pettigrew who ...read more

  • 6 of 13

    by Maria Ganado

    I am adding a new introduction because I think it is unfair to keep what is essentially a conjectural debate active when the question it posits has been answered. I have not yet...read more

  • 7 of 13

    by Jake Berensen

    I have written articles on this subject previously but discovered a new opinion now that all is revealed. Spoiler Alert!' I've always wanted to say that. Anyway I often sus...read more

  • 8 of 13

    by Rachel Hamlett

    Since first meeting harry in his classroom Snape has been nothing but cruel,and unkind to Harry giving him detentions or taking away Gryffindor points always the first to su...read more

  • 9 of 13

    by Gabrielle Schrader

    Professor Snape saved Harry's life. He has helped Harry out. Yeah, neither one likes the other but I would, if I were Harry, consider Professor Snape a friend after everything t...read more

  • 10 of 13

    by Vanessa Ryan

    Professor Snape should definitely be considered a friend of Harry's. Yes, throughout the years he treated Harry terribly. He taunted him, accused him, and from the moment th...read more

  • 11 of 13

    by Sandy Schaan

    Before I start I must say I have finished the seventh and final book. Even without the seventh book there is proof that he is but a friend that Harry denies to see; just there i...read more

  • 12 of 13

    by Ashley Sickler

    Although it took several years for Harry Potter to understand Snape, he should now realize Snape was a true friend. He risked everything to help out the side of good. Snape was ...read more

  • 13 of 13

    by Nix Winter

    In the entire series, Snape has never done anything to harm anyone. He's been a difficult teacher. He's been a whining man who resented the son of his childhood arch-enemy. He's...read more

  • 1 of 6

    by Erin Pinksen

    At the end of her seven part series of children's books about Harry Potter, The Boy Wizard, J. K. Rowling finally confirmed that, despite all evidence to the contrary, Dumbledor...read more

  • 2 of 6

    by Dorothy Jo Bourbeau

    Being perhaps the last person in the world to read the seventh and last book I can understand how some people would say Harry should consider Snape a friend. Did I miss somethi...read more

  • 3 of 6

    by Shana Simon

    Given what professor Snape did in The Half-Blood Prince I think Harry has no choice but ot consider him a foe. Not only was he still working for Voldemort while pretending to be...read more

  • 4 of 6

    by Muhammad Hidhir B Md Razak

    Many have argued in favor of Harry Potter being able to trust Professor Snape as a friend, not a foe, particularly because of the revelation, at the end of the series, that he w...read more

  • 5 of 6

    by Alexis Ticotin

    Though in truth I would consider Snape neither, as I consider him to be more of an unwilling ally, he appears more as a foe than friend to Harry Potter. Throughout the series, S...read more

  • 6 of 6

    by Jennifer Kendall

    Professor Snape cannot be trusted! Once a death eater, always a death eater. I believe that Snape hasn't really even chosen sides. He is out for himself only. I believe that whe...read more

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