Sookie The Sweetie

Much to my own surprise I liked Sookie a lot more than I thought I would. She Comes from a small town and represents a typical American girl. Her character is extremely easy to relate to and takes her gift for a disability. I found it very inappropriate for her constant weeping at times and almost thought I was running into another Bella character. However, after reading into the story more she turned out to be a lot more independent and opinionated then Bella. The greatest difference and possibly the only aspect that saves her from falling into the passive role is her ability to stick up for herself and fight back. There was a killer around and just like Antia she did not back down to the perpetrator.

I also felt her view on sexual experience resembles the same message from the passage we read in class. I believe we even discussed this in class that she feels good about herself after she decides to have sex with Bill for the first time. Her details and narrative experience having sex for the first time reminds me of one of those cheesy soap opera scenes where the candles are romantically lit and awkward giggles are sounding to intensify the anticipated pleasure. These further probes she is in control of the situation and is not as immature and passive as a typical young girl. I personally do not agree with this message but it does nonetheless represent Sookie’s strength.

In addition, having a male like Bill around the entire novel does again underscore Sookie and other female character’s need for men in their life. Even badass protagonist like Anita needs men to protect them once in a while. This is disappointing and does limit women’s independence in these vampire novels.

I have never seen True Blood so I am excited to see how well the two are alike. I do not hate Snookie and I do believe she develops as the novel plays out. I look forward to reading the next book in the series!