Re: Reading the Belgariad Again

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          "gilmae" <avocadia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Teut wrote:
> > Polgara is insensitive throughout the entire series, but only really
to
> > Garion. Towards everybody else, including Ce'Nedra at her worse, she
is
> > nothing but courteous.
> 
> As the father of a thirteen year old, I can honestly say that I have
> nothing but the purest of empathy with Polgara's position.
> 
> "Hey, kid, I'm only trying to save the entire universe from the Dark
> Prophecy here. I have half a dozen people with names writ large in the
> stars who I need to manipulate into doing the right thing. Do you think
> you can shut up with the whining and let me concentrate?"

There might be a point there if it wasn't just Garion that she has a go
at.
Her traits seem to be rather depressingly shared with most Eddings female
characters, with the exception of Sephrenia (and she has her moments of
being like that IIRC).

-- 
Simon Challands