Write Where It Hurts: Difference between revisions

Daria finds difficulty with the work. At the Lane's, as [[Jane Lane|Jane]] is painting and making suggestions, Daria writes and throws away two drafts, one practicallyinspired a re-edition ofby the moviefilm ''[http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate_%28film%29 The_Graduate|The Graduate] movie]'', and the other heavily influenced by [[wikipedia:Jane_Austen|Jane Austen's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility Sense and Sensibility]]. At the MorgendorfferMorgendorffers's, Helen tries to probe her depressed daughter, offering advice and encouragement when Daria tells her about the assignment and her inability to write. However, between Eric's constant calls and an inadvertent comparison to Quinn, Daria snaps and scolds her mother for the poor parenting. Fleeing to her room, she uses her anger to write another story, describing laid-back Jake and Helen relaxing and chastising Quinn for her superficial teenager life, encouraging her to be like Daria, with Quinn tearfully agreeing with them before running outside and being hit by a truck. Daria also throws this story out.

The next day, Daria laments to Jane her lack of progress in writing, confusing her friend about what kind of story she wants to write. That evening, as Helen tries again unsuccessfully to approach her, another emergency with Jake in the kitchen gives Daria another idea: in medieval times, knight Jake meets witch Helen, demanding to see his future, but the witch insists in payment before lamenting women's lack of power. Then lighteninglightning strikes and now Knight Helen meets witch Jake, demanding to see her future, even threatening him, but Jake is more interested in tasting his brew…

The next evening, Helen once again finds Daria slumpslumped and depressed over her lack of progress. After apologizing for her previous comments, she once again encourages Daria to write, providing her with a hint: what if, instead of using sarcasm and describing what she sees, her daughter writes about what she would like to see? Daria takes the idea and is finally able to complete her story:

''A few years into the future, adults Daria and Quinn visit their parents. Grey-haired Helen and Jake have now retired, with Jake having had heart surgery. As to the daughters, Daria is married to a college professor called Marcello and writes opinion columns, still defending the same ideas she had in Highhigh school, and Quinn has married Jamie and is now the mother of four kids. As the four Morgendorffers talk, Jake reveals that the family has come out as he wished: Daria is now a known activist, demanding honesty and truth, and Quinn has transformed from a fashion-obsessed teenager to a responsible mother. So now he just wants to enjoy life and has asked her daughters over to play a nice game of cards with his family. After a brief discussion, they agree on Hearts.''

The book Daria is reading for school is [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Moral_Fiction |On Moral Fiction]] by John Gardner. Daria sounds distinctly unimpressed with it (but could be just trying to get Helen to stop talking to her).

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Daria chooses [[Jamie White]] as Quinn's future husband. No reason is given for this choice, though whyit himmay specificallyhave wejust don'tbeen knowrandom, as "[[Lucky Strike]]" shows that she cannot keep track of which [[Three Js|J]] is which.

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