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@SamanthaPrior8 I enjoy seeing how he portrays them. Instead of making the children seem immature and inadequate to understand the real world.

One thing that stood out to me was how intelligent Scarlett and Bod were at the age of five when they encounter the 'indigo man' and how they realize that it is just a decoy meant to scare people away. I forgot for a moment that they were young as they seemed older. #285WLU7

Compared to the other novels read in this class, Gaiman portrays death in a different way. He presents death to be ‘nice’, reflecting that the afterlife allows you to reunite with your dead friends and family. #wlu285

@tlynne098 Yes I totally agree. The media really overshadows this and they hide these females strengths and portray their weaknesses as something bad. #wlu285

Demi inspired young girls to overcome mental illness, Brittany has taught girls to fight for their privacy, and Miley has taught girls to be unapologetically themselves. These women may not be perfect but they are inspirational to someone, and Widdicombe overlooks that. #285WLU6

They also miss to point out the girls who aren’t starcrazed. As a kid I never had any of the merchandise that these companies produced and was never a fandom of certain movies. Where does that kind of audience sit in the spectrum of the companies making money? #wlu285

In this article, the stereotypes of young girls is made to see tween girls as ‘star crazed’ when it in fact the merchandise and the “hype” that the companies make the things out to be. They feed off of how obsessed the girls can be.... (1/2) #wlu285

@BaverstockJulia I agree. They portray her as a bully, and typically stereotypes of bullies shows that they pick on kids who they are jealous of and wish were like. Olive is lonely and she sees that Ella has a supportive persons in her corner compared to Olive who seems to have no one. #wlu285

Olive is such a sad character. When she learns about Ella’s curse all Olive ever does is order Ella to give her money, tell her stories and talk to her. She seems very lonely. #285WLU5

Ellas obedience also reflects the basic stereotype that women should be obedient and submissive. The author does challenge this by giving her free will to break the curse at the end. Showing women don’t always need to be obedient and can have their own mind. #wlu285

@En285Nolan This is a great connection to the series. I honestly thought the same about it. It’s amazing that the authors take these orphaned children and show their strength and give courage to the readers giving children the idea that hope is something to hold onto

I think one could see similarities between Ella and the Baudelaire's in Unfortunate Events. Both tragically lose at least one of their parents and are forced to be in the care of despicable people and both stories force them to remain hopeful and determined. #285WLU4

@BaverstockJulia I do agree with this. When I first began reading it I thought isntantly that it is so similar to The storyline of Cinderella!

Throughout the book, that imagery related to Cinderella is more subtle, like the glass slippers Ella finds. Yet, by the end of the book, the Cinderella connections are more obvious, like the pumpkin carriage or Hattie calling Ella "Cinders" to try and trick Char. #285WLU4

The representation of the father once again appears to show him being absent from the child’s life. He doesn’t know what to even call her, and he cares more about putting on a front than his own child’s emotions and feeling. #285WLU3

When they make Puttanesca instead of roast beef #wlu285

@SamanthaPrior8 This is a very good point. Mr. Poe can also resemble how well the foster systems are not being dedicated to the helping of placing children in safe environments.

Mr. Poe disregarding the children when they go to him for help after Klaus was hit stood out to me. Many children try to communicate with adults and are sometimes not taken seriously just because of their age so they may relate to the characters this way. #285WLU3

his technique uses the misfortunes of the Baudelaires to show his readers (pre-teens) the scary things that can happen in the real world. It’s transitioning them. For example the children must do things for themselves without relying on adults to come save them. #wlu285

@JacobLasby I definitely agree. Especially coming from a small town where everyone keeps tabs on everyone is a lot easier to do instead of being in a big city

I like how much independence Harriet has to do her own thing. I’m sure that if the book was more modern the range of independence,especially in New York, would be way smaller. Probably not as interesting either

Harriet casually sipping on her milkshake while listening to everyone convos #285WLU

@JacobLasby I agree, she can also be very blunt with the ways she describes the people she observes.

I love how brutally honest Harriet describes the other characters. Really realistic to have a little kid with no filter whatsoever #285WLU1 #285WLU

@BaverstockJulia This is so true. She observes everything and she is so quick to write it down!

Whenever Harriet writes in her notebook, especially the brutally honest and rude observation about people, all I can think of is... #285WLU #285WLU1

The economic social class shines a bright light when learning about Harriet and her friends. This is quite interesting when we observe their range of lifestyles and it better helps me to see the different types of struggles in each social class and how it’s interpreted #285WLU