English 2033E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sowerby Family, W. M. Keck Observatory, Western Religions
13 Jun 2015
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There is sometimes an opposition between adult practicality and childhood imagination, adult hypocrisy is the antithesis of child honesty. Adult guidance: the march sisters always come back to marmee, who points out how to improve themselves. Child-only spaces: preserving them from the corrupting nature of adulthood. Instead of the children needing to learn from adults, adults need to learn from children. Gables (marilla"s life is made more vibrant through the presence of a child) Little women, there is a loss that comes with growing up) Striped pajamas (the fence becomes their child-only space) Freudian eg. peter pan could also fall under this. Repressed themselves and agents of repression in others. The freudian model sees repression as unhealthy you concept but their selfishness is part of what makes them attractive (it is natural and an inevitable part of childhood) Adults don"t punish her for anything she does.
