Ellador And Van's Relationship

observes all his surroundings very minutely. He is very genuine, simple and soft natured. He truly wants to go Herland and wants to learn about the world.
Van loves Ellador whole-heartedly and feels that she is similar to him. His love for Ellador is clean, pure and true. Throughout the novel, Van describes the reaction of Terry and Jeff. He says, “I think I had the habit of using my brains in regard to behavior rather than more frequently than either of them”. Among all three, Van was the most curious to visit Herland. Van is a bog-standard faux-innocent demanding to be educated. His love for Ellador is platonic and pious. After marriage also he never forced himself on Ellador to make physical love like Terry. He loved Ellador, he also wanted
Ellador is the only woman in Herland who thinks that apart from all the progress in Herland, their society remains incomplete because there is no masculine existence and contribution. This she realizes during the romantic relationship with Van and by exploring the outside world. Ellador respects Van and has true feelings for him. She wants to spend most of her time with Van. She explains everything to Van without getting irritated or shouting. Ellador is a cool rationalist, seeing the point of non-procreative sexuality- while Van argues for the emotional, passionate, romantic side of sexuality. The relationship of the two is the most successful of the three couples. Van says, “Ellador had an adorable, dimpling, tender, mischiveous, motherly
Ellador agrees to accompany them, motivated by love of Van, curiosity about the world, and a desire to act as Herland’s representative. Ellador is really the author’s iconic definition of the perfect antagonist to all conventions.
Love is not finding someone perfect, it’s finding an imperfect person and loving them perfectly.” If one talks about Van and Ellador’s relation their relation was built on mutual respect and mutual understanding. Their love is pure, platonic and unconditional and clean. As soon as Van sees her, he falls in love with her. Van was good friends with all but he was very close to Ellador, long before that feeling changed, for both of them, but Ellador was unable to understand the kind of love Van was talking about. They share every things with each other. Van says,
As for Ellador: Suppose you come to a strange land and find it pleasant enough- just a little more than ordinarily pleasant- and then you find rich farmland, and then gardens, gorgeous gardens, and then palaces full of rare and curious treasures- incalculable, inexhaustible, and then- mountains- like the Himalayas, and then the