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Your father always has to be the big hero. I swear if he dies I won’t shed a tear.
— Elsie ‧ October Sky
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Exhaustion and complaint tangle together in this line. Calling someone the big hero sounds like praise on the surface, but the promise not to shed a tear flips it into bitter accusation. It reads as someone worn down by watching the same pattern repeat.
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