part 347 dimensions of sight and sound

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and of mind. Do do do do do do do do do do do.

How was your end-of-December-into-January time, meme? Did you make any New Year's resolutions? Or light a candle in your window in the hopes that Himaruya would update again instead of leaving us behind like an 19th century light house keeper's wife whose husband has gone off to sea? ... Did you?

Enjoy part 347!

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[(Anonymous)]

Now anon, it's classist, not royalist. Though it does teach Sara the lesson that poor people are people too (something she already kinda knew, what with defending Becky as 'a little girl, like me' but didn't quite fully understand) and not just puppies to be handed treats when you pass them on the street in your warm furs and diamonds.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Mind you, I'm not saying ~it's morally wrong to like this book~ ffs enjoy it if you enjoy it. It's a product of its time.

I don't like it myself, but then again the only one of Frances Hodgson Burnett's books that I can stand is The Secret Garden. And I suppose at least Sara isn't Little Lord Fauntleroy dear god I hated that character.

Re: +1

[(Anonymous)]

Sara is so much more tolerable!

I like the quote that goes something like "Maybe I do not really have a good temper at all, but because I have riches and everything I want, I can't help but have a good temper... maybe I am a horrid, hideous child and will not ever know, because I have never wanted for anything."

tl;dr

[(Anonymous)]

I always liked the message that doing a thoughtful good deed can turn into other good deeds. The family next door thinks Sara is a beggar and the son gives her a pence, or whatever it was... while it's a kind gesture, it does not actually help Sara. But when Sara, starving herself and having found money on the ground, buys 6 rolls and sees someone who is even hungrier than she is and gives the child all but one. The baker sees this and, knowing that Sara herself could have scarfed them all down, decides to give the beggar child more and eventually invites the child to live with her and work in her shop, and has been giving hungry children bread as often as she can because of Sara's deed.

And then once Sara is rich as fuck she tells the baker to give hungry children bread whenever and she'll pay for it.

And likewise, a bad deed will bite you on the ass. Miss Minchin is cruel to Sara and, when Sara's fortune reverses, she does not get kindness in return. If she had shown Sara kindness, despite her new station, then she may have benefited from Sara's newfound wealth. Not just financially but with her reputation, which I imagine would be shattered once the news got out of what she had done.