Bared To You By Sylvia Day: Character Analysis

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In the book “Bared to You” by Sylvia Day The main character has to deal with both internal and external conflicts that deal with herself and others. Eva is the main female protagonist and she has decisions to make about Gideon the male protagonist in the novel.
In the novel “Bared to You” by Sylvia Day, Eva is faced with a mutual conflict between choosing Gideon or her friend. Gideon is her boss he tries to spend time with Eva because he had began to take an interest in her, but she made plans with Cary, her friend who moved with her, she calls Gideon and tells him “Chicks before dicks, and all that.”(Day 35). Eva was trying to come up with an excuse to stay home with Cary and ended up saying that to Gideon and he told her “I can't go long …show more content…

Gideon suggests they go to couples therapy to try to save their relationship.In the middle of the night, he has a bad dream and attacks Eva before Cary throws him off. Ashamed and horrified, Gideon packs his things. Eva assures him they’ll get through this. “The only way I'm keeping my hands off her is if I'm dead. Find another way to fix us.” (Day 315). What Gideon is saying is the relationship is not working out and he refuses to stop abusing her. Near the end of the novel Gideon realizes his mistakes and asks Eva for forgiveness when she tells him that she would like a divorce. Gideon begins to plead Eva to forgive him. “I'll kill for you, give up everything I own for you...but I won't give you up.” (Day 325). Eva accepts his forgiveness and stays with him and cancels the divorce. “this meeting between two damaged people setting off an explosion” (Happy ever after). Eva and Gideon visit a therapist who prescribes medication for his night terrors. He admits to Eva that he looked at her phone and found the video of Christopher and Magdalene. This infuriates Eva, who sees it as a violation of privacy. The next night, they attend a gala and Eva meets Corrine, Gideon’s secret ex fiancé, whom he speaks to evert night. Eva leaves the gala without Gideon and returns …show more content…

Eva is the main female protagonist and she has decisions to make about Gideon the male protagonist in the novel. In the novel she dealt with many conflicts some were not as bad as others. In the end she made the right decisions and ended up getting married. Some decisions are not as easy as others to make, some come harder than others but Eva kept her head up and made the right decisions. Eva kicks Cary out after he betrayed her trust, and then Gideon shows up. She rebuffs him, jealous and feeling betrayed. Gideon explains how much Eva means to him and that his engagement to Corrine was a youthful mistake. Gideon decides Eva should stay with him that night, as Cary isn’t trustworthy. She packs a bag. They ride off happily together for now

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