It strikes me as very odd during this year in Third Remove that Marie is not bullied, but ignored--as though she doesn't exist.
That's a form of bullying in itself though. "Do you hear something?" "No, not me. Why, do you?" One of the cruelest. At least attacking someone to their face acknowledges that they exist in your reality.
One of the things that always struck me even as a child was how deliciously flawed every character was compared to other books for youth. Usually they had a few varying archetypes of sympathetic characters for different readers to have as their personal hero, one whiner to dislike (who may go through a transformative arc), and one villain who can't be redeemed. In AF, just about everyone does something spectacularly horrible at some point.
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That's a form of bullying in itself though.
"Do you hear something?"
"No, not me. Why, do you?"
One of the cruelest. At least attacking someone to their face acknowledges that they exist in your reality.
One of the things that always struck me even as a child was how deliciously flawed every character was compared to other books for youth. Usually they had a few varying archetypes of sympathetic characters for different readers to have as their personal hero, one whiner to dislike (who may go through a transformative arc), and one villain who can't be redeemed. In AF, just about everyone does something spectacularly horrible at some point.