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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Loved Pippi Longstocking, too, but note that she is yet another motherless child in children's literature. Of course, if she'd had a mother she wouldn't be having quite so many adventures.
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Are they all motherless? or orphans?
I am just thinking of Harry Potter, the kids in the lion, witch & wardrobe and little orphan annie.
I suppose Nemo and Bambi do not have mothers. Also Cinderella.
Is the skew more towards motherless than orphan?
And why are they motherless/orphans? Is it so they are more heroic? Or because people like killing off mothers? |
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Then you won't like Golden Compass either. The character is that book has a cool name too -- Lyra.
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Don't get me wrong - I liked Pippi Longstocking. I just can't believe how dominant the theme is.
I also note that had Pippi had a mother, her hair might not have been so disarmingly disheveled. |
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08-31-2006, 04:32 PM
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Are they all motherless? or orphans?
I am just thinking of Harry Potter, the kids in the lion, witch & wardrobe and little orphan annie.
I suppose Nemo and Bambi do not have mothers. Also Cinderella.
Is the skew more towards motherless than orphan?
And why are they motherless/orphans? Is it so they are more heroic? Or because people like killing off mothers?
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In porn the actresses tend to be higher paid than the actors. Perhaps a similar economic in the films you cite, yes?
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Quote:
Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Are they all motherless? or orphans?
I am just thinking of Harry Potter, the kids in the lion, witch & wardrobe and little orphan annie.
I suppose Nemo and Bambi do not have mothers. Also Cinderella.
Is the skew more towards motherless than orphan?
And why are they motherless/orphans? Is it so they are more heroic? Or because people like killing off mothers?
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So that the children are free to go off on dangerous adventures that their mothers would never permit. If the characters had mothers, real children's mothers would not be able to read the books aloud without interspersing such comments as "I don't know what Pippi Longstocking's mother is thinking, letting her spend all that time in that tree hole," and "Harry Potter's mother should spend less time at her PR job and more time finding out what's going on at that school!" |
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08-31-2006, 04:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Are they all motherless? or orphans?
I am just thinking of Harry Potter, the kids in the lion, witch & wardrobe and little orphan annie.
I suppose Nemo and Bambi do not have mothers. Also Cinderella.
Is the skew more towards motherless than orphan?
And why are they motherless/orphans? Is it so they are more heroic? Or because people like killing off mothers?
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It's a good literary device for creating tension -- alienation, loneliness, enemies (in the form of the evil stepparents or orphan-keepers), etc. The things that make a story interesting. It's also a good device for getting the kid into "adventures," by not having mom around to keep an eye on him/her.
I'm pretty sure Tom Sawyer had a mother, though. As did all the kids in The Great Brain series. |
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08-31-2006, 04:33 PM
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Are they all motherless? or orphans?
I am just thinking of Harry Potter, the kids in the lion, witch & wardrobe and little orphan annie.
I suppose Nemo and Bambi do not have mothers. Also Cinderella.
Is the skew more towards motherless than orphan?
And why are they motherless/orphans? Is it so they are more heroic? Or because people like killing off mothers?
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AoN, at the DCF= Dutchess County Fair my older kid won a stuffed Nemo at like, skee ball or something so the baby is walking around handing us "nemo? fish? nemo? fish? nemmmmoooooooo?" |
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08-31-2006, 04:34 PM
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Originally posted by robustpuppy
So that the children are free to go off on dangerous adventures that their mothers would never permit. If they had mothers, real children's mothers would not be able to read the books aloud without interspersing such comments as "I don't know what Pippi Longstocking's mother is thinking, letting her spend all that time in that tree hole," and "Harry Potter's mother should spend less time at her PR job and more time finding out what's going on at that school!"
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Aha. That makes perfect sense. |
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08-31-2006, 04:35 PM
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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Don't get me wrong - I liked Pippi Longstocking. I just can't believe how dominant the theme is.
I also note that had Pippi had a mother, her hair might not have been so disarmingly disheveled.
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Don't you think it has something to do with the Cat in the Hat theme -- you do things you can't do when the grown-ups are around? It's hard to make Pippi's mother out all the time. How else to explain the horse in the house and the suitcase filled with gold coins?
ETA, yeah, what you said.
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Quote:
Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Are they all motherless? or orphans?
I am just thinking of Harry Potter, the kids in the lion, witch & wardrobe and little orphan annie.
I suppose Nemo and Bambi do not have mothers. Also Cinderella.
Is the skew more towards motherless than orphan?
And why are they motherless/orphans? Is it so they are more heroic? Or because people like killing off mothers?
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Oliver, Tom Sawyer, and Annie, too. And also that gang in Warriors.
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I'm pretty sure Tom Sawyer had a mother, though. As did all the kids in The Great Brain series.
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He was raised by Aunt Polly. Did Hank steal your log-in?
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Originally posted by Penske_Account
In porn the actresses tend to be higher paid than the actors. Perhaps a similar economic in the films you cite, yes?
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but some of the best porn has actresses playing mother/daughter combos, so at best that only partially explains it
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sidd Finch
It's a good literary device for creating tension -- alienation, loneliness, enemies (in the form of the evil stepparents or orphan-keepers), etc. The things that make a story interesting. It's also a good device for getting the kid into "adventures," by not having mom around to keep an eye on him/her.
I'm pretty sure Tom Sawyer had a mother, though. As did all the kids in The Great Brain series.
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If there are parents, usually they are inattentive or away from home.
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