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Line 1: {{work}} {{Infobox book ''House Rules'' is a 2010 novel by [[Jodi Picoult]]. Like every other book she writes it takes place in New England, there is an [[Ill Girl]] (er... boy in this case)a catastrophe leading to a court case and a twist ending.▼ \| title = House Rules \| image = \| caption = \| author = Jodi Picoult \| central theme = \| elevator pitch = A young man on the autism spectrum is accused of murder. \| genre = \| publication date = March 2, 2010 \| source page exists = \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} ▲'''''House Rules''''' is a 2010 novel by [[Jodi Picoult]]. Like every other book she writes it takes place in New England, there is an [[Ill Girl]] (er... boy in this case), a catastrophe leading to a court case, and a twist ending. {{Needs More Info}} ~~=== Tropes found in this book include: ===~~ * [[All Take and No Give]]: The second variant, with Emma as the Giver and Jacob as the Taker. Emma is, by default [[The Caretaker]] for Jacob because he is autistic, and goes ''way'' out of her way to attempt to do this duty to the best of her ability. Unfortunately, she has kept Jacob from developing any coping skills or gaining any other practical skills that would make him able to live on his own, such as ''driving'', which you can't say he will definitely ''never'' be able to do because he's never even been given the chance to get his permit and try. Plus, [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You\|Emma is more obviously abusive to Jacob later and then justifies her behavior in the narration to readers.]]▼ {{tropelist}} * [[Asperger Syndrome]]: Jacob.▼ ▲* [[All Take and No Give]]: The second variant, with Emma as the Giver and Jacob as the Taker. Emma is, by default [[The Caretaker]] for Jacob because he is autistic, and goes ''way'' out of her way to attempt to do this duty to the best of her ability. Unfortunately, she has kept Jacob from developing any coping skills or gaining any other practical skills that would make him able to live on his own, such as ''driving'', which you can't say he will definitely ''never'' be able to do because he's never even been given the chance to get his permit and try. Plus, [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?\|Emma is more obviously abusive to Jacob later and then justifies her behavior in the narration to readers.]] ▲* [[Asperger's Syndrome]]: Jacob. * [[Abusive Parents\|Abusive Mother]]: Emma has neglected Theo in favor of being [[The Caretaker]] for Jacob and performing this duty to the point where Jacob is, for all purposes, codependent on her. * [[Because You Can Cope]]: Emma's reason for neglecting younger son, Theo. * [[Can't Get Away ~~With~~with Nuthin']]: Theo. A prime example of this is when his mother promises him that they'll go to the cinema, a rare treat for Theo, who's constantly passed over in favour of keeping Jacob's "meltdowns" to a minimum. He's excited when the day of the trip arrives...only for Jacob to find out that he's out of books, and is threatening to throw a fit if he doesn't get new ones. They end up at the library instead of the cinema. On realising that his mother hasn't even noticed how badly she's disappointed her younger son (again), the usually well-behaved Theo decides to throw a tantrum in the middle of the library. ''Then'' his mother starts screaming and crying herself, an event that shocks Theo and leaves him feeling guilty years later. * [[The Caretaker]]: Emma, of her autistic son Jacob. * [[A Degree in Useless]]: Oliver graduated with an English degree but was unable to find any related work, which led to him becoming a farrier's apprentice and later going to law school. * [[Disappeared Dad]]: The [[Sarcasm Mode\|classy]] S o B's stated reason for abandoning his wife and two young children is that he can't handle his elder son's "Asperger's." (see below) * [[Fantasy -Forbidding Father\|Fantasy Forbidding Mother]]: Emma to Jacob. She considers herself to be a good parent because she is [[The Caretaker]] for her autistic son and even indulges his interest in forensic analysis, but she makes sure that ''eighteen year old'' Jacob is unable to ''drive'', even though he's been bugging her about it. Presumably he's wanted to acquire some other skills vital to being able to live on one's own, but she's stomped him down on those, too. Theo has gotten a share of this, too, but not nearly to the codependency-inducing level that Jacob has gotten it. Theo was unable to go to the cinema (a rare treat for him) and get his learner's permit because of Jacob's meltdowns. * [[Info Dump]]: Usually in the form of Jacob's mother talking about his condition. * [[Informed Attribute\|Informed Functioning]]: We're told that Jacob has Asperger's Syndrome but everything that we're ''shown'' about him points more toward full-blown autism. Line 24 ⟶ 39: * [[Shown Their Work]]: Picoult makes a point to tell the reader all about the research that she did for the book. * [[Strictly Formula]] * [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]: Emma to Jacob; he doesn't give the guilt-trip verbally to Jacob, but she justifies herself to the reader in the narrative. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Lit Fic]] [[Category:Crime Fiction]] [[Category:The New Tens]] [[Category:House Rules]] [[Category:Literature of the 2010s]]