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1. Edie discovers something about her mother, something so serious she had never even thought it could be possible that her own mother would do it. Does this prove that adults can make mistakes just as kids?
There are stereotypes for everything, and I think this is another stereotype. Adults make mistakes too, they do drugs, and they hurt themselves just as teenagers do, it is just less likely to be admitted or out in the open.
2. The day of the pageant, Edie's dad goes crazy with the blow up doll, and rips it to pieces with an electric knife, exclaiming how he should have shared his disproval from the beginning, instead of waiting till the last minute. Do you think he was trying to stop Edie from going through with the pageant?
Edie's dad is a very quiet character who mostly keeps to himself, but he finally just couldn't take it anymore. I don't think his intention was to discourage Edie about the pageant, but to just let his feelings be known. He couldn't let her go through with the pageant now knowing how he truly felt about it
3. While preparing for the pageant to start, and even through the beginning events of the pageant, Edie has second thoughts about going through with the sacrificial rabbit event. Do you think Edie's wanting to win will overcome her qualms about having to kill her pet?
I think Edie wont go through with it, because she will realize what she would be giving up. It would be interesting in the book if there was a twist, where by not killing her rabbit, she would win some sort of extra points as a trick question type thing. Showing that she has compassion for all living creatures, something like that.
4. The book Just Like Beauty can be connected to the book Catcher In the Rye , because both the main characters go through problems with their parents, where they have to sneak around them and act as a different person. What would be worse to you, having to sneak around your parents, or having to act like a different person around your parents?
Both would be difficult, because either way, you wouldn't be yourself. If I had to choose, I would say that having to be someone else around your parents would be worse, because you would have to keep your live separate from your home life, and that can get tiresome. Having to live two different lives can rip someone apart, because there is no way to be true to yourself while having to pretend to be someone else.
5. the head dress in Just Like Beauty is the prize for the pageant. Another way of seeing it, is like the ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz. Both symbolize a way of being set free. Does Edie really want to be set free?
Edie has been so determined to win for the power, and for her mothers approval, and to prove herself to everyone, that I think she looses touch with what is really important. Edie is not trying to win to be set free, she is trying to win for the power.
There are stereotypes for everything, and I think this is another stereotype. Adults make mistakes too, they do drugs, and they hurt themselves just as teenagers do, it is just less likely to be admitted or out in the open.
2. The day of the pageant, Edie's dad goes crazy with the blow up doll, and rips it to pieces with an electric knife, exclaiming how he should have shared his disproval from the beginning, instead of waiting till the last minute. Do you think he was trying to stop Edie from going through with the pageant?
Edie's dad is a very quiet character who mostly keeps to himself, but he finally just couldn't take it anymore. I don't think his intention was to discourage Edie about the pageant, but to just let his feelings be known. He couldn't let her go through with the pageant now knowing how he truly felt about it
3. While preparing for the pageant to start, and even through the beginning events of the pageant, Edie has second thoughts about going through with the sacrificial rabbit event. Do you think Edie's wanting to win will overcome her qualms about having to kill her pet?
I think Edie wont go through with it, because she will realize what she would be giving up. It would be interesting in the book if there was a twist, where by not killing her rabbit, she would win some sort of extra points as a trick question type thing. Showing that she has compassion for all living creatures, something like that.
4. The book Just Like Beauty can be connected to the book Catcher In the Rye , because both the main characters go through problems with their parents, where they have to sneak around them and act as a different person. What would be worse to you, having to sneak around your parents, or having to act like a different person around your parents?
Both would be difficult, because either way, you wouldn't be yourself. If I had to choose, I would say that having to be someone else around your parents would be worse, because you would have to keep your live separate from your home life, and that can get tiresome. Having to live two different lives can rip someone apart, because there is no way to be true to yourself while having to pretend to be someone else.
5. the head dress in Just Like Beauty is the prize for the pageant. Another way of seeing it, is like the ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz. Both symbolize a way of being set free. Does Edie really want to be set free?
Edie has been so determined to win for the power, and for her mothers approval, and to prove herself to everyone, that I think she looses touch with what is really important. Edie is not trying to win to be set free, she is trying to win for the power.