Exactly what the qualities of an excellent heroine? You desire her to be identifiable – akin to Bella, in the Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight trilogy, you now would like her to be powerful for example Scarlett O’Hara, in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. And what about in case you had more than one heroine? Someone young and ever-growing into her power, just like Bella but also a person more mature or more powerful, like the woman Scarlett turns out to be.
Stephanie Meyer and Margaret Mitchell have some thing in common with this writer in that their heroines are women who we both strive to be or we can appreciate while we may well not support the manner they get whatever they need to continue living. Reha in Blossoming is a mature heroine whose behavior are clearly questionable nevertheless she stays a powerful and resilient character. The same can be said for Margaret Mitchell’s Scarlett. Kore is young and just discovering herself as well as her potential, just like Stephenie Meyer’s Bella. Both are confronted by problems and both have to deal with their fears and conquer them so as to mature into their true selves.
Scarlett is unlike Blossoming’s Reha because she is at the start of her adult life but yet she has regrets, the same as Reha does, and she makes decisions and needs action that other women will not agree on. Both suffer in love thereby making blunders that bring about harm and upset to those around them. But then do we like them less? Most likely not. Mitchell’s heroine is unforgiving in her brashness as is Reha.
Excerpt text from Blossoming:
Was it not Sun Tzu who said, “All warfare is based on deception”?
So, reinforcements had arrived. The invasion was complete. Reha was sure their next move would be to divide and then conquer – in that order. Isn’t that what aggressors did, after all? It wouldn’t take the brothers long to turn Kate against her, and then to rule through her, before she was overthrown completely, so to speak. Reha wondered when Kate would realise that these events, and the prospect of the power they brought with them, might lead her to betray Kore.
It was not Reha’s public punishment the brothers wanted. They hadn’t arrived with the police – for what evidence did they have, other than the testimony of a blind and crippled drunk!? No, it was the Estate they were after. Or at least that was Zack’s motive and he thought he could take it with little resistance.
If they confronted her now, Reha would have no option but to capitulate immediately. That way, they would not only get rid of her but also steal Kore’s inheritance – she was simply not ready to pass the ceremony yet! But Reha could feel Kore gaining in strength every day, the girl merely needed more time. Even a few weeks might make the difference. At this point Reha wasn’t sure she would even be willing to attempt the ceremony.
Returning to the comfort of her bed, Reha continued to think the situation through. In order to postpone their takeover, she would have to avoid a confrontation with the conspirators. She was the guilty one, not Kore. A trap had to be set to lull them into a false sense of security; that was what had to be done. Reha would invite the enemy in, and treat them as if they were already the victors. In the process their efforts would be thwarted. By admitting her sickness and announcing her retirement as matriarch, she could ensure that they would have no need to punish her for her sins, and she could arrange that the ceremony be held the day after the Halloween party. That way, Kore would have more time to prepare, and a better chance of prevailing against the scheming triumvirate.
http://blossomingnovel.webs.com/
