![]() ![]() ![]() This could be a reference to Terry Pratchett’s Alzheimer's, even though his cognitive ability is not much affected yet. Also in I Shall Wear Midnight, Tiffany meets her future self, who forgets a lot. Even the city, Ankh-Morpork, was described as a “wonderful town“, even though it is a city, (and not that wonderful) in I Shall Wear Midnight. Much of the books I read (I Shall Wear Midnight and Wintersmith took place in a rural setting. I’m sure that you can’t imagine yourself taking on a threat to the safety of the world by yourself (not that saving the world compares to farm chores.) Terry Pratchett was also an only child, which might have contributed to this. Tiffany is also very young when she has these responsibilities - around our age. In Wintersmith, she has to kill the Wintersmith by herself, too. In I Shall Wear Midnight, Tiffany has to kill the cunning man largely by her own wit. ![]() This is why many characters in his books have a lot of responsibilities to take care of them themselves, without help from others. Usually, the kids of the farmer have to help out with the chores, which are a lot of responsibility.
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