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The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow
The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood | Kristen Martin
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The real history of being an orphan in America is nothing like the myth, and nothing like the American dream. The orphan story has been mythologized: Step one: While a child is still too young to form distinct memories of them, their (…more)
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The author should‘ve used Pollyanna as an example. I remember having a spirted conversation with my stepdad a long long time ago about how it was so weird Pollyanna was such “a Pollyanna” because she was an orphan. Pollyanna is based on a book from 1913 and was a film with Hailey Mills. Annie is based on a musical and a comic strip from 1924.

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Martin explores the way orphans are portrayed in popular media and the many ways that portrayal differs from what children actually experienced in orphanages all the way to foster care. I found it very interesting to learn how some of the issues that existed in the past continued to survive into the present and how pop culture can blind us to these facts.

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