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“ ...they took away my armor at the moment i get it back i will take there life...” This quote was said by a character from the Golden Compass Ulrik a polar bear who was imprisoned and worked like a slave and lost his most precious possession, his armor. The puritans would be intrigued with the book the Golden Compass because of the hard working characters, hypocritical views, and the fact of men being more powerful than women.
The puritans would adore the book the Golden Compass because of its hard working characters. One of the most hard working characters is lyra the main protagonist, after running away from kidnappers she was rescued by gyptian traders where she had to hid, help negotiate trades, and learn how to fish with the family chief John Faa. The reason for her hiding was because she was living with the leader of an organization called the obligation board also known as the gobblers and were the one who were kidnapping the children from all over the world. She also did many chores around the ship and while back at the jordan collage. One of her many chores was cooking dinner for
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There are many examples of men being more powerful / important than women. The first example is the fact that there are no female leaders besides Miss. Coulter. There are tons apon leaders in the Golden Compass all of which are men with the exception of Miss.Coulter. The reason there are no female leaders is because they were thought to be of less worth than men so men were alway chosen to be leaders and kings. Another example is that women are only north to care for the children and nothing more. The final example is that women are not aloud north. There was a rule set by the bears of the north stating that women entering the north shall be taken in as slaves and treated as they wished to treat them but this rule was always broken by kings and lords of other

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