Women

Discuss the role(s) women play in your two novels. What picture do the novels give of women’s agency, power, identity, or sexuality? How are they characterized or depicted—is their point of view prominent, for instance, or are they seen primarily in relation to, or from the perspective of, male characters? Are their strengths attractive or dangerous? What (if any) relationship between men and women is ultimately valued? Requires the novel Lord of Scoundrels & the novel Valdez is Coming. Would like the essay to be a contrasting comparison. Thesis at end of introduction.