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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Also, note the total uselessness of the fathers in many stories. Cinderella's father is blind to the mistreatment of his beloved daughter by his horrible second wife; Nemo's father is an anxiety-addled twit; the kids who grow up in those books in Minnesota (I can never remember the name of the series) have a dad who is always away on business; Jane and Elizabeth's father, Mr. Bennet, is as ineffectual as they come (luckily, Elizabeth manages to marry someone quite unlike papa; although Lydia ended up with a cad and Jane, a gay). Perhaps some authors are working out their issues with daddy?
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Indeed.
But Nemo's dad is a hero, too. C'mon -- give the guy some props. He crossed an ocean and took on 3 sharks to save his son. (And you'd be anxious too if you'd watched a barracuda eat your wife.)
