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And why do readers seem to despise them so?
I'm no sage by any means, but in my line of thinking there is, at no point, a time in one's life where they know everything there is to know about life. There just isn't. Everyone's experience of life tells them something different about the human condition - what it tells me might not be what it tells you. And yet, criticism abounds in the arena of naivety.
Do naive characters annoy you as a reader?
What, to you, defines a character as naive?
*I think one expects a certain amount of naivety on the part of a YA character, so I'm talking more strictly about adult characters.
Thanks!
I'm no sage by any means, but in my line of thinking there is, at no point, a time in one's life where they know everything there is to know about life. There just isn't. Everyone's experience of life tells them something different about the human condition - what it tells me might not be what it tells you. And yet, criticism abounds in the arena of naivety.
Do naive characters annoy you as a reader?
What, to you, defines a character as naive?
*I think one expects a certain amount of naivety on the part of a YA character, so I'm talking more strictly about adult characters.
Thanks!