Okay, Thanks for the compliment.Farida Bali wrote: ↑10 Nov 2018, 09:25But his attitude towards women changed significantly after meeting Maud, her daughter and Hulga.Fozia-Bajwa wrote: ↑09 Nov 2018, 16:42 McDowell is the an abuser of women. Wherever he was, he is making victim to the different ladies. At home, he ignores his wife and at the place of his professional activities he plays with women like a game. He thinks women are only the source of entertainment for him and nothing more.
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Completely agree with this comment, I think a big part of him opening up to women was about loneliness and a need for human contact
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I also think that this stance has quite a bit to say about the author's perception of women as well. The way he describes new female characters in comparison to male characters as well as what drives both genders appear quite sexist.
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I guess I’m just gonna follow you around this board quoting you, Zora. Hope you don’t mind.Zora C Penter wrote: ↑08 Feb 2019, 18:31 I am not so sure I would call the shift subtle in his perception of women. But the man was in no way done shifting at the end of the novel either. He still treated plenty of women as throwaway pieces...just treated them a tad better in the meantime.
I also think that this stance has quite a bit to say about the author's perception of women as well. The way he describes new female characters in comparison to male characters as well as what drives both genders appear quite sexist.
I agree. To me, it seemed like Coles *wanted* there to be a shift but could not pull it off because:
1. He could not let Hiram stay in one place and therefore be committed to a woman. This means functionally, Hiram’s behavior isn’t different even if his inner experience is. This is a major flaw in the book to me. Coles seems to focus on attitude more than action in many places and I think that’s a misguided way to value character.
2. Coles himself doesn’t know how to treat his female characters like fully fleshed-out regular humans and so his portraits of the women and how Hiram interacts with them therefore don’t come off as less sexist to me in Part Two.
I will say, Maud is a little bit different in terms of Hiram’s willingness to risk his freedom to stay close by as Kitsy recovers. So I get those who might tell me Maud is something of a real change. I am just not sure it is enough. And of all the women Hiram is with, Maud and Roma were probably my favorites. I suppose actually liked Kitsy pretty well and her relationship with Maud, even if I don’t agree with Kitsy’s decision.