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She should have just said she was a pirate


back when she was a little girl then she would have made friends and maybe she wouldn't be so socially awkward around people.

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The other kids were clearly disappointed when she said no, if she had gone with it she might have been the most popular kid at school. And who doesn't want to be a pirate?

Why do people so frequently get told to read the book on a movie database?

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Exactly. And then after she had formed close bonds with the kids perhaps when they got older she could have told them about her eye condition.

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I think one of the significant factors we are hinted of in the film, is the fact that May's mother did not do a good job of raising and teaching her.

We learn early on in the film that her mother is at least a bit superficial and potentially unhinged herself. That was already a bad sign.

Later in the film we hear her comment on one of her coworker's abnormalities, and her coworker responds defensively saying that her grandmother taught her that imperfections are what make a person special. When asked to comment on this notion, May ignores it as if she's never heard such an idea. To me, this, in conjunction with what we've already learned of her mother, tells me that no one in her life taught her how to mentally deal with her insecurities and deformities.

Some parents do and some do not. I believe May's case is tragically one without such a parental fortune.





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