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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, I do like where the while things are.  I feel like it captures what it's like to be a child.  To misbehave and go to a place where you're out of control.  And then returning to that place where you're still loved & cared for.[/quote]

I hated it when I was a kid. Max was a jerk and didn't do much interesting during his wild rumpus except dress like a strange furry and prance around.  I was a very in control kid by choice.

The other one I really hated was The Giving Tree.  Some people say it's an allegory for Jesus or motherhood. I hate any story where someone gives up the most essential parts of themself for someone else.  Not because I value selfishness, because I value equity and reciprocal, intelligent love not destructive, unlimited exploitation of a loved one (the tree).   Original Little Mermaid where the mermaid dies is also horrible like this.  Bad choice to give up your voice to try and get a man! (Points for a good moral I didn't really understand as a child.)

Also don't like Gift of the Magi story by O. Henry.  The wife will get to use her hair comb gift someday but the husband's watch fob gift is rendered pointless because he has no heirloom watch anymore...not a happy ending.  If they had talked to each other they could have come up with less grandiose gestures but equally satisfactory gifts.[/quote]

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