Did anyone find it hard to believe that Cecilia was 201 years old?
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Re: Did anyone find it hard to believe that Cecilia was 201 years old?
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Indeed, a very valid point you brought up here.Brittany LaPour wrote: ↑29 Dec 2021, 15:59 Now I know that Cecilia is a 16-year-old junior in a 201-year-old Princess of Hell body, but the girl didn't know what basketball was? She has never been in love? I understand that perhaps she was busy killing mortals and just didn't find anyone to pine after but for her to fall so hard so quickly for Sebastian when she's so old. It seems a little bit of a character flaw to me. Maybe I'm reading too much into it because it is a young adult book but I thought she would be a tad more mature than the rest of the 16-year-olds.
I would, however, call it a writing flaw around the character. But again, it would also be a character flaw, as you have said, Brittany.
The idea is still commonplace in our society: social norms expect us to grow mature and knowledgeable/wiser as we age chronologically. Yet, in our contemporary lives we still find immature adults who suffer from what the media likes to call 'Peter Pan Syndrome', which shares that although they age they do not mature, the remain at a level of almost pubescent maturity in many ways.
Subjectively, I do believe that life should teach a person valuable lessons, especially regarding issues of responsibility and emotional intelligence: yet retain a sense of childlike wonder toward the world. One must learn from one's mistakes, and 201 years is quite the time to learn and develop from such mistakes and experiences, a time period that allows for great development and change toward a person one hopes to be, especially if one's physical strength remains in tact.
BUT, this is just me as one person and one personality; the world is a place filled with numerous personalities and characters who each view and live life in ways different to our own subjective and personal beliefs and ideal. Therefore, I cannot be either-or on the matter of Cecilia's maturity...
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