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Some of this article reads like a criticism of people's second-hand impressions of the books. Their poverty and Pa's poor decisions that made it worse are right
by sethev 4y ago
Some of this article reads like a criticism of people's second-hand impressions of the books. Their poverty and Pa's poor decisions that made it worse are right there in the books, they're just told from the perspective of a child who loves her father and doesn't know a different life.
Whether the real-life Laura is like the one in the book is kind of interesting, I guess, but anyone who didn't pick up on how poor they were and how little success they had at farming from the books was reading them superficially.
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoAgreed. This article (haven't read the book) has the feel of yet another "ackshually."
- duxup 4y agoI agree. I’d argue there’s a lot of literary criticism that comes later to tell us how we should view a place and time, or even characters in a book. And often and the answer is “Yeah well if you read the book, that’s in the book…” Perhaps not as explicit, but it is hard to miss, and anyone familiar with humanity probably can guess the rest. Most people know they’re reading a book.