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Flavia Dulce Character Analysis

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Authors often create characters which serve as foils to the main characters in order to show contrast. Choose one character and discuss the similarities and differences between them then explain the implications to these comparisons.

Young, female socialites cannot become heroes. This was the mindset of many people in the 1950s. However, Flavia DeLuce becomes exactly that during her quest to find the murderer of Mr.Sanders along with unravelling the tangled past of her father. Many people who she encountered opposed the idea based on her demographic and tried to stop her. Inspector Hewitt believes that Flavia could not solve the murder and would act as another obstacle in his own quest to solve the murder. Since both the Inspector and Flavia are in their own quests with similar resources and goals, they also act and think in similar ways. They are willing to bend and break the rules to get what they desire, to put themselves in situations of danger in order to …show more content…

From the beginning of the book, he was biased against Flavia by her age, gender or class.This is despite constantly being shown that she was capable of being beneficial. He still doesn't want her near because of his personal beliefs of her incapability. Flavia, on the other hand, is extremely analytical and has the ability to detach herself from certain situations and view them from completely analytical and unbiased way that most people would not be able to do as they would be far emotional. For example, when she decided to fill Ophelia’s lipstick with poison ivy, she did so with a scientific goal, to find her reaction. She was able to periodically record her reaction and did not feel any guilt or emotions as to the effects it may have on her sister. If most people committed this such as Hewitt, they would be doing it with a much more personal goal and for revenge and they would be filled with

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