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Karissa asked this question about The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2):
Team Lenu or Team Lila? Or do most people feel sympathetic towards both equally?
S 24215 Lila and Lenu almost represent two sides of an individual woman. In book one, Lenu tells Lila "what you do, I do," and I think that this theme carries…moreLila and Lenu almost represent two sides of an individual woman. In book one, Lenu tells Lila "what you do, I do," and I think that this theme carries throughout the story as Lenu constantly compares herself to Lila and tries to make herself like Lila. Furthermore, the idea that a success for Lila is a failure for Lenu continues to push the idea that both women are two halves of the same coin, as it were. Their actions affect each other in profound ways, and it would be interesting to consider how each girl would have changed if their circumstances had been switched.(less)
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The Story of a New Name
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