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- Embed this noticeI don't understand the bit about representational characters in books, films, television shows, etc. This is especially true of children's works. I never wondered why there were no blind girls in the books I read as a child or teenager. I never felt left out. The whole point of such entertainment is to learn about other characters and their worlds. What happened to children's imaginations that they can't simply imagine themselves in that world or as that character? And why must politics be brought into everything, from adult jokes in films, to various ideologies being pushed in books? Why must everyone have some kind of agenda, instead of just writing to entertain? This is true even in books for adults.