Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 14, 1991
May 13, 1991
May 15, 1991
Transcript:
Peppermint Patty sits at a table and talks on the phone. She says, "We're supposed to be reading 'The Brothers Karamazov,' Chuck . . Can you tell me about it?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says into the phone, "Well, there are these three brothers, see, and . . ."<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty says, "Three, huh? Thanks, Chuck . . I can fake the rest . ."<BR><BR>
I wonder why Schulz frequently had his characters trying to read books that usually aren’t read until college, and only for people studying literature, while they’re in the earlier grades of elementary school.