Of male and female characters

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Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*

But that is one of the most important aspects of the novel. The growth and maturation of Scout is one of the foremost themes of the novel. SHe may have been intelligent in terms of her schooling, but what one learns outside of the classroom is what truly defines one's character.

As for her being "annoying" I suppose that's a matter of personal opinion, but how was she sexist?

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she doesn't really mature that much and nothing really changes at the end. there's just a big smily american happy ending.

And we can hardly call her a master of characterisation- she only ever wrote one book, not much of one at that.

D.H. Lawrence and Arturo Perez Reverte as for female characters, for sure!!! :nod:

I don't think D.H. Lawrence always got it right when describing women but to say he is completely wrong would be unfair as well - for his times he did do right by putting out the fact that women, just as men, require sex and that sex is important.

I think Margaret Atwood does a great job in describing males. Be them antagonistic, emotive or plain mysterious she does their mentalities perfectly. Orhan Pamuk understands women's psychologies too to many extents though as most of his narratives that I have read have a male protagonist I cannot know for certain about him. Marquez understands many aspects of women and so does Milan Kundera.

I think Toni Morrison does as well which she proves in her novel Beloved. Stamp Paid is a character who earns our love and respect by being so tragically human. Arundhati Roy understands men as well.

Stephen King does but I am not sure on how a woman acts in his action centered novels but he definitely understands them to many extents. Sydney Sheldon did justice to women characters in the full. But Stephenie Meyer does not. Both Edward and Jacob's potentials becoming drowned in the gooyness of Bella Swan. Her men are ideal nightmares. It's tragic if King is panned for making truthful statements.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

I like the female characters in Vanity Fair by Thackeray... Both Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley are memorable characters, I think.

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Yep. I think Lawrence did well for women. Fitzgerald didn't do too bad. And most of the best female theatre parts were written by Tennessee Williams- and Shakey :)