A version of the book  The Secret Diary of Adrina Mole by Nerea

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

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There were some topics that really caught my attention because now they are frowned upon.

I wondered why and I searched information about the book on the Internet. There, I discovered that this book was publicated in 1982.

Forty years have passed and there are topics that have changed. Let's going to see them.

At first, it's important to highlight the importance of being able to get a divorce if you want it. This topic is shown in the book. In the United Kingdom, the divorce was allowed in 1969 and in Spain in 1981. However, there are some countries where it's forbidden yet.

education and studies as men. For that, it's good that in the book Pandora wants to go to the university to study a career.

In addition, nowadays women should have the same opportunities in 

Similar to the above, Mrs Mole tells why she broke up with Mr Lucas and affirms that she felt like an object. This is very important because this shows that a woman can escape from a mistreatment.

Sometimes feelings are uncontrollable, but you can't become them in violence. In the diary, Mr Mole started fighting with Mr Lucas because his ex-wife was going to leave with him.

Finally, there is a very big contrast between today's society (in most countries) and the book. I mean the age of marriage.

Obviously, this isn't the best way to solve the problem and nowadays, unfortunately, a lot of things like this keep happening.

In the diary getting married at the age of sixteen isn't weird, but it's very soon because you aren't mature and responsible enough.

Now this has changed and you can get married whenever you want.

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In some of these topics maybe we have not improved enough like in mistreatment of women, bullying and violence, but we are trying to make changes.

4. In the beggining of the book, Adrian says that Pandora likes being called box but he doesn't know why. However, in the last pages after the end of the story, there is a reference to the Pandora's box myth, so the doubt is solved.

It's curious because in the book Pandora said that she is a pacifist person but one day she had a fight at school. Inside her there was something evil that it wasn't seen from the outside, just like in the myth.

In this myth, a box shouldn't be openned. Pandora had a lot of curiosity, so finally she openned the box. Within it, there were only evils and misfortunes.

5. The author of this book is Sue Townsend. She was an English writer who criticized some people's behaviour and the British institutions. She was born in 1946 and he died in 2014 in the UK.

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Bullying is unfortunately very common and the book reflects it well. Barry obligates Adrian to give him money and hits him frequently.

In our society, we have so many facilities to comunicate the case and solve it. Instead, in the book, Adrian tells it only his grandmother, so it's not the best solution. In those years, it was more difficult.

However, today there are more ways to cause this type of abuse such as in social networks. In 1982 they didn't exist, so in the book bullying is represented phisically.

Besides, Pandora and the protagonist had an argument because she didn't want to marry him before studying a career, and getting mad at her for it is selfish.

To conclude, the diary shows us teen daily thoughts, feelings and problems (even though sometimes they are a bit childish). However, it's essential to take into account the teens' feelings because they help them in their maduration.

Mrs Mole talking about how she was treated by Mr Lucas

Showing the feelings, worries and problems that a teenager may have

6. Sue Townsend has also written seven volumes of Adrian Mole and five other highly popular novels, as well as numerous plays.

7. Here we have a theatre trailer based on the book:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUaYjHxpoek">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUaYjHxpoek</a>

In the book we have seen differences due to the passing of the years in these issues:

On the other side, we have also seen that there were already some things that had changed for the better:

1. There isn't a defined ending. The story is interrupted on an ordinary day.

2. The story lasts a year and three months. It starts on January 1st and ends on April 3rd of the following year.

3. Adrian makes a new year's resolutions' list each year and although all the people around him smokes, he decides in his first list not to smoke or drink alcohol.

The attitude from Barry Kent to Adrian Mole

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