Graeme Tobias

only here so i don't get fined. wlu EN285

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[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@BaverstockJulia I agree, I feel like this story paints a more honest picture of the transformation from child to young adult than a lot of other tween novels that we've read in the course. What do you think motivated the author to write the narrative this way? #285WLU7

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

This may be a hot take but I feel like this novel is what "A Series of Unfortunate Events" wishes it was. It delves deeper into the gothic style and offers a more blunt perspective on the notion of death, for example. Although it represents it in a more positive way. #258WLU7

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@JacobLasby Interesting; do you feel like you had a more unadulterated childhood because you grew up with - at least a little - less exposure to targeted advertising? #285WLU6

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

2/2. towards children & adults. I wonder what her take would be on things like psychologically engineered video games intended to be attractive to children, and the predatory way in which game devs prey on children with freemium business models and microtransactions. #285WLU6

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

1/2. Linn's arguments towards marketing to children struck me as precocious for 2008. This piece was published shortly after the first iPhone was released. I wonder what her opinions would be now as smartphone apps have completely changed the world in terms of marketing #285WLU6

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@Ramez_EN285 So much potential for interesting loopholes like this. I think it would be fascinating to see the author explore these types of concepts in a more mature context. #285WLU4

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

Trying to figure out the limits of Ella’s obedience curse is like trying to figure out time travel after watching Back to The Future. I want to poke holes in everything but then I’m reminded I’m reading a children’s book that’s meant for fun not fact #285WLU4

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@graemeRLtobias Great post! Couldn’t agree more!

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

The detailed descriptions of Olaf’s long disgusting fingers stroking Violet’s face made me recoil even though I knew it was coming.Lemony does a great job of creating a child’s worst nightmare; both in appearance and motives.Did the book scare you when you were younger? #285WLU3

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@MeganCruzEN285 I thought the same thing,but I reminded myself that if I were a child reading the book it would’ve been very helpful to read definitions of words that would’ve been challenging at that age. You’re right,he does it in such a way that fails to be annoying even as an adult #285WLU3

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

Reading that Harriet had no idea her mother liked math gives insight into just how big of a hole is left in her life without Golly. Golly was filling the role of mother, caretaker, and tutor all at once. Harriet knew more about an employee of her parents than of them #285WLU2

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@Setarehkhaniza3 V true. I think the portrayal of a unique young person is important in YA lit. Children's sense of self is typically formed from the media and fiction they consume, so having a character to point to that rebels from the status quo and embraces their own path is valuable #285WLU1

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

I strongly identify with Mrs. Plumber’s idea of the “secret of life”. If you never leave your bed, you can’t be responsible for anything 🤷🏼‍♂️. Harriet would disagree, precocious insight from an 11 year old. #285WLU1

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@EmilySavoie3 steer away from making moral judgments based on appearance, and certainly has encouraged children to refrain from doing so as well. #285WLU2

[Graeme Tobias @En285Gtobe]

@EmilySavoie3 1/2 Something that stuck out to me while reading the book was that there's quite an emphasis on Harriet's disgust for overweight and ugly adults. I think that if this were written in 2021 there would be much less mention of these topics as society has largely tried to... #285WLU2