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Why are so many children's books about farms, and so little adult literature? Why are farmers considered comic figures? It makes no sense to me.
posted by Jenny at 11:16 PM
Thursday, June 04, 2009
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2 Comments:
Because animals tend to interest most kids, but few adults ? Atleast -literature- about them.
I don't think that's so strange really, because animals are kinda limited, you seldom get a exciting sci-fi adventure, a suspense-laden-thriller or a tear-dripping romance out of a few cows.
Now farmers, is a different matter, they may, in principle, be involved in any of these. But farming is seen as sort of old-fashioned and unsexy.
Yah, take, for example, FFA.
I once wrote a photo caption identifying someone as a member of Future Farmers of America. Then I got an irritated call from her saying that wasn't the name of her organization.
"What does FFA stand for then?" I asked her.
"It stands for FFA," she replied.
Farming is considered so dorky that they took it out of the FFA name. Sad, if you ask me.
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