Examples Of Female Characters In Armande Harris

Harris employs literary techniques throughout the book to demonstrate the strengths of female characters such as dialogue, irony, and exposition. A foremost example of a strong female character is the book’s main protagonist, Vianne Rocher. The strengths of Vianne are exaggerated through dialogue and exposition, an example of this is when Vianne is talking to Francis Reynaud and are sending jibes toward each other. When Reynaud begins to leave, Vianne offers a packet of chocolates that look like ‘tightly closed oysters’ and says they remind her of Reynaud (pg. 58-59). Another focal example of a strong female character is Armande Voizin. Armande Voizin is an elderly woman who has been estranged from the village due to not fitting into the social