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Gwendolyn is the typical coming of age heroine. As a child, she is favored by her mother and sisters, petted and protected by them, and held as the person in the family who dictates everything, from what food is to be served to the mood of a situation. Gwendolyn is afraid of nothing and believes everyone will treat her this way. She is immature and petulant when things don't go her way. She cares little for anyone else and doesn't mind hurting someone's feelings to get her own way.