Marjorie could not believe that Papa had not declined the invite. “Are you considering it?” she pestered. “Oh, Papa, would you allow me to attend the ball?”
Oh to be a wizard or magician’s daughter! And then to be disappointed as the curtain is pulled away to reveal the inner workings are not what they seemed… The Wizard of Oz dealt with this father-daughter complex in an indirect way. Here we have it directly before us. Does the daughter lose respect or find the way to greater understanding of the human weaknesses we all have?
Which begs the question: Did our own — as daughters— father’s reveal at some point leave us facing the fall of our once-hero? We probably each remember exactly when it happened, if it did. Great teenlit equips the reader with tools to handle such challenges and more… one phrase comes to
Oh to be a wizard or magician’s daughter! And then to be disappointed as the curtain is pulled away to reveal the inner workings are not what they seemed… The Wizard of Oz dealt with this father-daughter complex in an indirect way. Here we have it directly before us. Does the daughter lose respect or find the way to greater understanding of the human weaknesses we all have?
Which begs the question: Did our own — as daughters— father’s reveal at some point leave us facing the fall of our once-hero? We probably each remember exactly when it happened, if it did. Great teenlit equips the reader with tools to handle such challenges and more… one phrase comes to
mind: here we have it, folks!
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