Duality In Adulthood
That duality and the contradictions of young people coming of age are often especially acute for females who are simultaneously expected to assume nurturing, care-giving roles and to remain dependent and subservient (in which young protagonists are engaged in the process of separating from childhood, of making the transition from the security of family and then from peers to independence and maturity, and ultimately of integrating their lives into a community of adults). In the transition stage, usually go on a journey and face some sort of isolation, either physical or psychological, frequently internal.
As a transient, Sylvie challenges the traditional stereotypes of women as civilizer. In particular, Sylvie is an outlaw to not just legal