Dragonsdawn
How does the author contrast the characters of Sallah and Avril in the novel, Dragonsdawn?
Dragonsdawn
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Dragonsdawn
In the third dyad, McCaffrey contrasts Sallah Telgar and Avril Bitra, doubling the impact of an almost archetypal theme from pioneering life and tales: the expulsion from Eden.
While both women are strong-bodied and good strategists, their motivations and ambitions are violently opposed.
The colonists have discovered the serpent in the garden—Thread—and lose their Edenic illusions of Pern; Bitra becomes the second serpent. She brings to Pern her Earthly sense of greed and seduces men to get power and gemstones.
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