by John R » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:02 pm
Agree with that! It is Wilbur's major strength in my opinion, along with his ability to bring Africa to life. A nice question nefer. Characters for A Falcon Flies...
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Robyn:- stuborn, brave and so very moral and abiding, so fresh and naive. Thus completely exploited by...
Mungo:- who is a natural chauvinist it would appear, but at times he really does feel something for Robyn, why else would he have saved her from the portugese. He is the exact opposite to her, he's experienced, seemingly invincible at times, even when the portugese cuts him, you can't quite believe it. He's a complete mercenary. And ofcourse his looks play a big part.
Captain Codrington he is like the ice man at times, he doesn't fear anyone, never shows his nerves in the face of adversity, only when it comes to Robyn does he become shy and timid. Like her he is completely moral but nowhere near as weak to temptation. He told her he would wait 50 years if need be! His crusade on slavery is fanatical and relentless.
I can see nefer your point about the characters in this book/series being so raw and emotional.
Zouga he is the character that confuses me the most at the moment. to the point where i can't really think of much to describe him. One thing that i have noticed though, is that for a Wilbur character, he is strangely devoid of a sexual nature. If that makes sense! lol what i mean is, he doesn't seem to think about women at all, just his ivory and gold and fame. So i suppose that would make him greedy and superficial, but yet he doesn't come across as that. He is a strange one!
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