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To answer your question Op it is basically because Cribbins didn't really have the money or desire to get better fitting teeth. Dental science in the Discworld mythology hasn't really proceeded that far, and to be honest false teeth have to be hand made specially, and then only as an absolute last resort. See "Unseen Academicals" pp. 100-105 Additionally, Cribbins' own need to be unique has driven him to identify with his teeth. They are misplaced in his mouth in the same way he is misplaced in this world - struggling to find a place or purpose. Indeed, at points Cribbins himself thinks the world may be better without him in it. Like his mouth would be better without the teeth in it.
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Applewhite posted:Wow. That's very insightful. Thx! NP my PhD thesis was on Going Postal and Making Money so ask away.
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Deki posted:Why was the head banker guy a clown? It's quite simple actually. The author simultaneously wanted to showcase the childlike glee we all feel when going into a bank and really being involved with money, while at the same time instantiating the dread of the financial sector that looms over all of us. What represents childlike glee and dread at the same time? A clown.
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Veskit posted:Did you find the title of the book clever or over used? My opinion doesn't really factor into it, I tried to stick to the facts. The title of Makin Money was actually pretty clever though.
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Applewhite posted:You're v. good at this. Dr. Squadron, ROE pHd.
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Applewhite posted:Was there any special symbolism in Stanley's obsession with pins in Going Postal or was it just a random thing to establish he had an obsessive personality that was fertile ground for him becoming the first stamp collector? You can tell from the amount of pages dedicated to the art and style of pin collecting that Pratchett really wanted us to pay attention to the pins and collecting of pins. That's a really good catch. So consider what pins are used to do very often in our society - they are used in the garment industry or by dressmakers/tailors. Generally speaking these are industries dominated by women. By having a man obsessively collect pins Pratchett was trying to turn the gender stereotype of pins on its head and show that tailoring is something that men can do just as well as women. "But Squadron he could have just had that pointed out a little, why the obsessive aspect?" Well this is a good point and it is obvious on a third reading of Going Postal that the act of collecting is integral to the character. Remember that this character has been in the Post Office for quite some time, long enough to see many many people come and go. "Collecting" postmasters, as it might be considered. It all adds up to the subtext that is ever-present in Going Postal: The theme that we must be obsessive and dedicated in order to achieve our goals.
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EvilTaytoMan posted:Can you explain why Moist hates strawberries in Going Postal but likes them in Raising Steam? It's called character development, goddamn it. Read a drat book sometime. But more seriously a lot of Pratchett's character development is implied or inferred rather than explicitly defined. He lets his characters grow on their own without having to show us their every piece of growth. For example, Moist's relationship develops pretty much without us watching. It's the same with his ideas on strawberries. The really interesting thing is that strawberries were chosen for this, and you can tell that this is a very deliberate choice on the part of the author. In this case it was actually done due to marketability. In Going Postal and Raising Steam, Pratchett was asked to show that he could write something marketable to a very wide audience. Pratchett actually didn't like this, he felt that it was pandering and would cost him too much integrity. So as a nod to this request, he chose to include strawberries because "Everyone knows what a strawberry is!".
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