Our class has been fascinated by the idea that Melissa (Ellie’s mom) has changed roles in her relationship with her father in this story. In the past, Melvin was the boss of her and now that he changed into a teenager, he needs her to act as his boss. It reminds some of us of the movie, “The Boss Baby” because he looks younger but acts older, which can be really annoying.
Melvin still speaks to Melissa as though she is his daughter and he should have control over her, but he looks so much younger that Melissa feels like she should be in charge of him. They often don’t get along because they can’t agree on their roles. For example, when Melvin decided to build a lab in the garage for his “work”, Melissa made him clean it up so she could park her car, which Melvin thought was unfair. Often Melvin disobeys Melissa and speaks rudely in public, which frustrates Melissa because it looks like she is not in control of her “nephew.” He also hates that Melissa won’t let him drive her car because he no longer looks like his driver’s license picture and appears to be too young. Because of his new-found youth, Melvin and Melissa have even more issues than the average teenager and parent do since Melvin is used to being able to do all the things a grown-up can do.
How do you think Melvin and Melissa will solve their problems?
How do you think you would handle being in this situation?
We really liked your blog post. You used evidence from the text and made a connection to a movie. You also ended it by asking questions to continue the conversation. We can tell that you read it over to make sure your spelling and grammar was correct and that it made sense.
ReplyDeleteWe think that Melvin might get his T. Melvinus back and go back to being older. Then he will be the right age again and it won't be strange that he is acting like Melissa's dad.
If we were Melvin we would just tell the lab assistants what happened and identify ourselves as Melvin so that they would know who he is
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ReplyDeleteHello my name is Teagan. I think if I was Melissa I would handle this situation by letting Melvin do things 13 year old's would do but not drive or boss her around because if Melvin got caught driving he
ReplyDeletewould get in big trouble and the police would think Melvin stole Melissa's car and she would end up getting in trouble too. So she is protecting herself and Melvin. Also, I think Melissa should get to tell Melvin what to do, even though Melvin is technically older but he is now 13 so now Melissa is older. Normally the older one is in charge, and Melvin will obey her until he is 76 again. Now, I think Melvin and Melissa will solve this problem by letting Melvin do what he wants as long as it is illegal, like he would not be able to drive because he looks 13 and not 76 and that is what he looks like on hid drivers licence. But Melissa will still be in charge and do what she wants!. That is my answers to the 2 questions!