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Exactly! I'm thinking the same thing for the sake of profitable book. So, it means that the author really did a great job of writing this book.saimi_v wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 13:04 I think that the woman characters in spies books are very attach to a male character. They don't make sense without be supported by a man. I believe is very problematic to the authors make a female character so strong that doesn't need anyone to lead the book trama, because the book wouldn't be a best-seller.
Sincerely, the books more sold are they which the romance between both main characters is important part of the plot, and the female character is weak at the beginning but always win at the end supported by a group or a man that is her "loving interest"
Right! Since women were just a supporting character to the protagonist's story. The book seems boring without the help of the girls.
Yes! In war perspective, strategies were developed even how risky it must be like women's role. Their beauty were their secret weapon in luring their prey for the sake of winning the war.Smondz wrote: ↑25 Feb 2019, 08:55 My opinion about these women is that when there's a war anything and everything that can be used as a weapon to defeat the enemy, yes it does sound like these women were abused but they were also playing their part to save their country so I think they made their country proud in their way.
Sometimes strategies were like that. We need to use things that are useful which ends up to an excellent result like them. As a team, roles are different, but everybody contributed to winning the war.Gurpreet Arora wrote: ↑24 Feb 2019, 19:48 I think here women were primarily seen as objects used to manipulate and win war.
They were not looking brave in this context.
They were used for gathering information
I disagree though that they do not seem to be brave in the context. They were indeed used for gathering information which was a dangerous job, to begin with. Being a spy requires courage and intellect. I doubt any of those men could pull out a job as the women did. They were brave enough to do the spying for those men. I don't think "manipulated" is the word. And even though they were, those women may actually have been the secret to win the war, and the men were just taking it for themselves, as usual.Gurpreet Arora wrote: ↑24 Feb 2019, 19:48 I think here women were primarily seen as objects used to manipulate and win war.
They were not looking brave in this context.
They were used for gathering information
I don't think it is merely a portrayal. Other than that, I think it is the author's flaw of not developing most of his characters and just focused on the two. The reason why this is an issue is that we center on the characters as women. If they were men, I don't think people would make such a fuss.
I don't think "abuse" is the right word to use. There is nothing in the book that signified they were abused by men.Smondz wrote: ↑25 Feb 2019, 08:55 My opinion about these women is that when there's a war anything and everything that can be used as a weapon to defeat the enemy, yes it does sound like these women were abused but they were also playing their part to save their country so I think they made their country proud in their way.