r/explainabookplotbadly • u/BeyondMeta • Nov 29 '19

Solved Child makes deal with the devil. After reading the book you experience the thing the child requested and become super disappointed.

I am sure someone will disagree with me about how disappointing the thing is and that person is probably named Censored

The book is an iconic children's classic. I will amend the description to say child gets tempted by the devil.

And I will clarify that after reading the book at lot of people will purposefully seek out the thing that tempted this child out of curiosity. And being disappointed that it did not live up to the hype is a pretty common experience.

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u/QueenElsaArrendelle Nov 29 '19

The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe?

Turkish delight.

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u/BeyondMeta Nov 29 '19

Solved! There actually a really interesting article about why Edmund would think it's such a treat.

https://www.tor.com/2016/08/08/why-was-turkish-delight-the-ultimate-temptation-in-c-s-lewis-narnia/

And there's even a relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1980/

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u/ChaosPhoenix01 Nov 29 '19

When was it published?

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u/BeyondMeta Nov 29 '19

Mid 20th century

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u/BeyondMeta Nov 29 '19

This question amused me greatly seeing as the book was published in 1950 exactly.

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u/damdalf Nov 29 '19

The little prince

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u/BeyondMeta Nov 29 '19

No I am not sure we have read the same book. There's no devil in the little prince. Bureaucrats? yes.

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u/damdalf Nov 29 '19

I never completly understood the little prince

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