O trocadilho de Snoopy com plot thicken (PUCRS 2007)
![Tira do Peanuts em quatro quadrinhos, em preto e branco. No primeiro, Lucy se aproxima da casinha em que Snoopy datilografa e pergunta: "You know what you should do?". No segundo, completa: "You should write a story that would excite the reader as the plot thickens...". No terceiro, Snoopy fica calado diante da máquina de escrever. No quarto, conclui: "In all the years I’ve been writing, I’ve never had a plot thicken!". [Assinatura de Schulz e a data 2-7; marca ©1988 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.]](/uploads/pucrs-2007-082.png)
Fonte: Pucrs 2007.
Snoopy seems to realize that
- A) he's always written lighter stories.
- B) his plots have never been enlightened.
- C) he hasn't been writing long.
- D) plots are important to be had.
- E) Lucy should have given her advice earlier.
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