Snoopy Complete Collection: 11

Author: Charles M. Schulz (USA)
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: One morning, Charlie Brown woke up and saw rising from the horizon wasn't the sun, but a baseball! This story is quite surprising, isn't it? — Charles Schulz "He can express everything through his characters. Look at Charlie Brown's face—it only has two small dots and a small wave around it. Schulz is a master who achieves complexity through simplicity." — Patrick McDonnell (Cartoonist) "Charlie Brown is one side of Schulz, while Snoopy is his other side, full of fantasy, doing whatever he wants." — Mendelsohn (TV Director) "I will cry for spilled milk and sigh over lost love," unlike Lucy, who is persistent and obsessed with a one-sided crush, peppermint Patty's approach to love is both bold and winding. She falls in love with Charlie Brown the moment she meets him and gives him the nickname "Chuck," announcing to the world "Charlie Brown touched my hand" every time she gets a chance to shake his hand. Meanwhile, she constantly pressures Charlie Brown to admit that he likes her rather than she likes him. Similarly, in front of everyone, she vehemently denies liking Charlie Brown, reasoning, "How could anyone fall in love with that boring and goofy idiot, Chuck?" These odd behaviors make Charlie Brown lament that he "doesn't even understand what he doesn't understand!"
Unrequited love is a common theme in the world of Snoopy. Here, love is not only one-sided but often misplaced. No matter how much Peppermint Patty, Charlie Brown cannot be moved by her, because the shadow of the "red-haired girl" has always stubbornly occupied his mind. He will mistake the letters Peppermint Patty gives him for those from the red-haired girl; when he goes to the carnival with her, he imagines holding the hand of the red-haired girl. Charlie Brown's deep affection for the red-haired girl becomes the inspiration for his friends on April Fool's Day. Knowing he might be tricked, as soon as someone tells him a red-haired girl has come to the door, Charlie Brown will rush out without hesitation.