The character, the book, or the author are condoning a thing (in this case, making fun of suicide). I’m not discussing here whether the example itself is or isn’t problematic. Subsequent retweets and discussion then expanded from ‘these characters are mocking suicide’ to ‘this book is mocking suicide’ to ‘this author is mocking suicide.’ The reader called this out as problematic. In the passage, two teenage boys were mocking an extremely boring speech by making gestures to one another, in silence so the speaker wouldn’t notice, of slitting their wrists, hanging themselves, and so on. Someone on Twitter had an advanced reader copy, and highlighted a certain passage. To take an example I saw very recently: a book (I can’t remember what or who by) was going to be released soon. What’s the difference between a character saying something, and the author saying something?ĭoes that sound like a stupid question? One’s in speech marks and the other isn’t, right? Well, no, not quite. Please join me in giving Matthew a big welcome! He has also brought along a tour wide giveaway. Matthew has come to talk to us about his latest release, Sex in C Major. Today I am so pleased to welcome Matthew Metzger to Joyfully Jay.
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