Story Hangover Thoughts: The Book of Life

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Did that general really have to send his daughter to study in a convent school as punishment for once again, causing trouble?

 I know that Maria made it very clear that she’d loved the experience, but come on, spending ten years away from her two best friends with limited time with her family, (or at least her father since a source from the film crew on the fandom site says Maria apparently lived with her mother during the interval), because her father couldn’t accept that he was raising a tomboy? I get that he had to punish her for acting out, but did he consider the possibility that maybe she was doing it because she wanted the attention of her busy father?


 Just so you know, no, Maria did not become a prim and proper lady. (Thank goodness). She actually just became the older version of a rebellious tomboy. She even took up fencing as an extracurricular activity.


If you’re going to send your child aboard, they should have a say in it, and you should put yourself in their shoes. Otherwise, they’ll just think you don’t care about their feelings and just don’t want them underfoot.


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