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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?
Özge Team Lila but I can't dislike Lenu since the dynamics between them narrated through her point of view is what makes the whole 4 novels a master piece …moreTeam Lila but I can't dislike Lenu since the dynamics between them narrated through her point of view is what makes the whole 4 novels a master piece in my opinion. However I guess I would hate her if I had known her with this depth in real life. What is consistent all through the story and sometimes frankly confessed by Lenu herself is that Lenu cannot create without the inspiration provided by Lila or sometimes without the ambition again caused by her competitiveness against her (Lila is free of ambition) This is a story of a very typical exploitation of Lenu who received all chances and used them to climb the social ladder and Lila forced to stay where she is being subject to oppression and injuctice. What makes her most remarkable is that first of all she silently rejects the role of being a victim and always finds a way to survive and arise without being egotistical while Lenu is selfish, whiny and self victimising as a natural result of her ambitions. Secondly Lila is always realistic, she never denies any truth in favor of her own needs. Lenu's character is marked by a tendency to twist around with facts whenever she neeeds to. This also is the main reason I believe that many readersd dislike Lila because it's Lenu's eyes she's viewed through. (less)
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The Story of a New Name
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