Anyone else think the label itself is an invite to bad karma? A book labeled "private" is so tempting to read. Harriet needed to learn to be more respectful, but that Marion jerk twisted almost everything and said it in the worst way possible. Her tone of writing about those kids isn't anything like how Marion implies to be. Marion totally deserved what she got.
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Harriet needed to learn to be more respectful
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Agreed Tadeki. I thought the ending with Harriet apologizing so that they all "forgave" her for her private thoughts was ridiculous.
shareI COMPLETELY agree! It is so annoying when people say that "Harriet shouldn't have written all that stuff". Uh, she can write whatever the fvck she wants in her damn notebook!!!! NOBODY was suppose to read it anyway. So I agree with everything you said Tadeki. Oh and ryansassy1, I just have to thank you because I think you're the first person on the internet that I have seen personally that actually spelled ridiculous correctly. LOL!!!!!
shareI don't completely agree that Harriet had nothing to apologize for. Yes, you're right that Marion shouldn't have read her journal in the firts place, but that doesn't change the fact that a lot of the things she wrote in her notebook were just downright mean and hurtful, and in some instances probably not even true. I'd say the biggest thing she had to apologize for was her comment about Marion's father not loving her. Harriet should have kept her private journal at home if she didn't want nosy people like Marion invading her privacy and using her harsh opinions against her.
Overall, I'd say both sides were to blame. Marion should have respected Harriet's privacy and Harriet should have used some common sense and realized someone was going to be tempted to read her notebook if she left laying around in plain sight for anyone to steal.
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When I meant she should have been respectful, I meant that she should have left the book at home in order to protect the people from reading it. Having said that, Harriet didn't just THINK IT, she recorded on a piece of medium and left that absent mindedly in a public place. I'm not saying what Marion did was right (lord knows it was dearly exaggerated) or Harriet should not have a mean thought.
But looking back, I apologize for my bad wording. Sorry guys. If anything, it would have been better not to label "private" in the book.
I think that's just a function of her extreme youth and naivety. Of course you shouldn't draw attention to the fact it's private...but it shows how young she really was and is juxtaposed with the more precocious aspects of her behaviour.
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