The pacing of this nature hike adventure has been slow. Jules Rivera spent two days just to get the idea of a nature hike across to Rusty! This is Thursday, so there are two days left in this adventure. Will there be a dramatic cliffhanger on Saturday, or will Cherry and Rusty simply return to the hotel <yawn!>, perhaps to run into Mark and Cliff?
As we ponder the possibilities, we should at least agree that it’s not always old dogs that can’t learn. It appears that Rusty didn’t learn his lesson the first time and is trying to repeat the same actions that caused him much grief. Only the limits of technology saved him from once again posting his photos online, where his rival, Rob, could once again present them to his dad as his own work. We already know that his father, Ranger Shaw, is not only the scout leader, but is also corrupt. At least biased.
Art Dept. Some strange drawing in today’s panels! In panel 1, it looks like Cherry is wearing the bicorn dress hat (“la lucerna”) of the Italian Carabinieri. In panel 4, the hat takes on a scale that exceeds Cherry’s head. Sorry, it just looks wrong to me!
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Umm… Rusty does know that his phone can store photos to be shared later, when there’s signal, right?
I only ask because I sometimes teach high school and have encountered kids who I suspect don’t know this.
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Indeed! I imagine that you’d appreciate them becoming ignorant of how smartphones work, period, while in school, too!
Well, it can sometimes be difficult to know the “mind” of a fictional character when we have little exposure to that character’s earlier interactions in that situation. However, I think—given Rusty is brought up in the home of a nature journalist/photographer—he is aware.
On the other hand, being an adolescent brought up in the Internet Age, he possibly expects connectivity at all times in all places. Clearly, Lost Forest has excellent coverage, though I’ve never seen any cell towers there!
This could just be one of those plot devices where a character that can deal with an inconvenience in most situations suddenly becomes upset in order to gin up some drama. Or get a life lesson from his mom.
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