Genuinely will be thinking about this hamster essay. Something about the conscientious listing of facts up to and INCLUDING the end just hits. Thinking about shame around "failure to love", which becomes so visible in its ABSENCE here. The child's mind..
I got halfway into this thing before I realized that the hamster is named Fluffy and you're not giving out tips about how to make your hamster fluffier.
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Honestly I thought this was going to be a guide to increasing the fluffiness of a hamster. Clickbait indeed!!!
Genuinely will be thinking about this hamster essay. Something about the conscientious listing of facts up to and INCLUDING the end just hits. Thinking about shame around "failure to love", which becomes so visible in its ABSENCE here. The child's mind..
"They threw them in the lake afterwards" is when I knew this essay should've won a Newbery Award
If we all had the pragmatism and emotional regulation of your 8 year old self, therapy would be a thing of the past!
I got halfway into this thing before I realized that the hamster is named Fluffy and you're not giving out tips about how to make your hamster fluffier.