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has two children. Yet she is not happy and feels lost in her own family and house. Thus she leaves her family and continues her adventurous love story.
Besides having relationships with men, Lillian also builds relationships with women. She is depicted as a bisexual woman who is very adventurous with her
love life. There are several women becoming Lillian’s affairs named Djuna, Helen, and Sabina. Djuna is firstly presented as Lillian’s besfriend who is
developed later becoming one of Lillian’s lovers. They build a relationship because of the equal power in between. Lillian and Djuna share equal affection
and support each other with no one side dominancy. As a woman, Lillian is very attractive. She owns the charm which can make
her surroundings admires her beauty and personality. One of the women who is attracted with Lillian’s personality is Helen. In Ladders to Fire, Helen is firstly
presented as one of Jay’s affairs who later also becoming Lillian’s affair. She is married and has two children, yet Helen decides to leave her family because she
wants to pursue her passion of living in freedom. Both Lillian and Helen admire each other for being very passionate of their dreams. The mutual attraction of
being courage and passionate between them can successfully build a relationship. Another woman who is attracted with Lillian’s charm named Sabina. As
well as Helen who is firsly presented as one of Jay’s lovers, so does Sabina. When Lillian finds out that Jay has an affair with Sabina, she feels attracted with Sabina
instead. In the novel, Sabina is characterized as an artist who is attractive and has mysterious personal life. Hence, Lillian is curios to know what lies behind
Sabina’s mysterious characteristic. Both of them turn out having mutual PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
attraction. Sabina is also attracted with Lillian’s personality and power. Lillian and Sabina admit hating and regard men as an obstacle in women’s freedom.