This book lacks strong women as important characters?
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Re: This book lacks strong women as important characters?
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I agree with you. The author mentioned strong female characters and I believe because of the nature of the story, the author couldn't have added more characters as it would have destroyed the theme of the story. I believe there is a second installment and more strong female characters will emerge. I loved the book so much.cristinaro wrote: ↑02 Jan 2021, 07:57 I can think of a few strong women in the novel. For example, Lady Sougyon, daughter of Prince Aansoon, raises her son all by herself, has extended knowledge in various domains, engages in a conversation with the king on different topics, saves her son's life when he falls sick with tuberculosis and comes home more dead than alive, etc. Although only briefly mentioned, Queen Min has a strong personality and becomes fully engaged in politics. Mrs. Seoh is another interesting female character as she has big ambitions for her daughters. There are other hints at the unsung women who followed their partners to another land and supported their independence fight.
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gabrielletiemi wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 05:30 In my opinion, this book could represent more women in important roles. However, I also think about the fact that this is a historical fiction novel. Therefore, the author might also be accurately portraying the lack of women in important roles in Asia by the time of the narrative. What do you think about that?
Yes. I, too, believe that the book could have benefited from the portrayal of more female characters. However, I think the author was trying to stick as much as possible to history and as much as it pains me to say it, history has never been good to the women of society.
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