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diff --git a/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst b/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst index 10c5fef..b7ab150 100644 --- a/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst +++ b/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ women and yet he must pretend to be one to overcome this flaw, Holly Golightly in “`Breakfast at Tiffany’s`_” must step out of her cynicism which builds a cage around her heart to find her true love (and cat), and so on and so forth. That is exactly my -biggest problems_ with most Harmony stories: their protagonists +biggest problem_ with most Harmony stories: their protagonists are just too perfect, they don’t have any flaws, and they don’t need any development. @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ capable of real life. And the question is, how come these good people, how come we, sometimes do really stupid things? Why would a good Catholic girl sleep with a boy on a one-night stand while leaving to the other end of the world (and she thinks -permanently)? Why would he? What would they do afterwards? +permanently)? Why would he? What would they do afterwards, when +the baby happens? Where good people do bad things (think Graham Greene, if you want to have a good Catholic writer) is exactly the place where @@ -95,23 +96,23 @@ them to it. So, why would not-that-girl do that? Another pair of completely perfect boring people in all Harmony stories are her parents. They are always supportive, always accepting, always perfect (in -sharp contract to Dursleys, who are not). When we stop pretending -that all good guys are completely perfect, we can see that most -of them have some obvious flaws. So, for example, the explanation -of many problems in Hermione’s actions could be explained by her -parents. If Hermione was a daughter of two perfectionist -overachievers, working hard was her only reaction to her guilt. -So, when she lies to her parents about her second year, she -drives herself to a breakdown in her third one. And when she is -overcome by stress, loneliness, guilt (she did effectively -enslave her parents, she, a founder of S.P.E.W.!), unfulfilled -desire, and perhaps a bit of wine (of course, Catholics must -drink wine, not Scotch!) and sleeps with Harry, when she finds -later she is pregnant out of wedlock, she does the same: being -the overachiever, perfect student, perfect single mother (and by -God’s grace, she actually is). Fortunately, she is Hermione -Granger, so she has the brain to back up this drive, and she -manages to work it out. +sharp contract to Dursleys, who are not), always enabling_. When +we stop pretending that all good guys are completely perfect, we +can see that most of them have some obvious flaws. So, for +example, the explanation of many problems in Hermione’s actions +could be explained by her parents. If Hermione was a daughter of +two perfectionist overachievers, working hard was her only +reaction to her guilt. So, when she lies to her parents about her +second year, she drives herself to a breakdown in her third one. +And when she is overcome by stress, loneliness, guilt (she did +effectively enslave her parents, she, a founder of S.P.E.W.!), +unfulfilled desire, and perhaps a bit of wine (of course, +Catholics must drink wine, not Scotch!) and sleeps with Harry, +when she finds later she is pregnant out of wedlock, she does the +same: being the overachiever, perfect student, perfect single +mother (and by God’s grace, she actually is). Fortunately, she is +Hermione Granger, so she has the brain to back up this drive, and +she manages to pull it off. Perhaps, you have another explanation, but anything is better than the Eros Syndrome. @@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ than the Eros Syndrome. .. _`one of her interviews`: https://youtu.be/8aprQXvWRXU -.. _problems: +.. _problem: {filename}one-more-anti-harmony.rst .. _`from point A to point B`: @@ -136,3 +137,6 @@ than the Eros Syndrome. .. _`Breakfast at Tiffany’s`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_(film) + +.. _enabling: + {filename}singularoddities-review-escape.rst |