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Was being a suffragette bad for Kitty?
Riadiani
Sep 22, 2011 08:48PM
Halfway through the novel, Kitty Coleman met Caroline Black, who quickly turned her into a suffragette. Kitty's life started to change, and she soon seemed to be more "alive" than she ever had before.
My question: was being a suffragette a bad thing for Kitty? I am between 2 minds about this topic, because being a suffragette and supporting such a dear cause to women gave her a sense of freedom and liveliness. But, she also became too obsessed and abandoned her family. I still see this issue in a shade of gray.
What do other Falling Angels readers think of this topic? Just want to know and share opinions. ;)
My question: was being a suffragette a bad thing for Kitty? I am between 2 minds about this topic, because being a suffragette and supporting such a dear cause to women gave her a sense of freedom and liveliness. But, she also became too obsessed and abandoned her family. I still see this issue in a shade of gray.
What do other Falling Angels readers think of this topic? Just want to know and share opinions. ;)
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Well, I felt exactly the same. I think it was a sort of addiction for her. Being a suffragette made her feel alive, so she wanted more. Since she wasn't the protagonist of her private life she tried to become a main character in the public one.
I have to say I empathized with Maude, maybe because Kitty reminds me of my mother: she is deeply involved with the church and, when I was a teenager, I often felt "unnoticed", like Maude.
I have to say I empathized with Maude, maybe because Kitty reminds me of my mother: she is deeply involved with the church and, when I was a teenager, I often felt "unnoticed", like Maude.
I agree, it was a good cause but she became involved in it for all the wrong reasons, and to the detriment of her family. I've seen this theme in other places, and its a hard one to debate about... to argue against her involvement, someone could easily say that I want women to stay in their homes and their traditional roles just to keep their families happy, but that's not what I mean... just that she needed to think about people other than herself and keep things in balance.
Because it was about her, herself, and not the cause as such - at that time, she would have become involved in anything that gave her a sense of importance, as Roberta put so well above. If a more 'socially acceptable' activity had landed in front of her and she could be a leader in it, I think she would have felt equally alive from her involvement.
It makes me wonder how culpable Caroline Black is in Kitty's destruction. She meets a person who needs a sense of belonging and usefulness, recruits her into her cause, and that person ends up taking a fall - knowingly or not, Caroline exploited Kitty's vulnerability to strengthen her cause, in a way that's very much like the recruitment of alienated young people into gangs.
Good question, Riadiani, really something to think about.
Because it was about her, herself, and not the cause as such - at that time, she would have become involved in anything that gave her a sense of importance, as Roberta put so well above. If a more 'socially acceptable' activity had landed in front of her and she could be a leader in it, I think she would have felt equally alive from her involvement.
It makes me wonder how culpable Caroline Black is in Kitty's destruction. She meets a person who needs a sense of belonging and usefulness, recruits her into her cause, and that person ends up taking a fall - knowingly or not, Caroline exploited Kitty's vulnerability to strengthen her cause, in a way that's very much like the recruitment of alienated young people into gangs.
Good question, Riadiani, really something to think about.
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