A Woman... The most creative title to a novel ever.

A major contributor to Sibilla’s nature is the relationship she had with her parents. Being “daddy’s little girl” played a major role in shaping her into an individual and a woman that does not follow the social norm. Furthermore, her relationship with her mother, or lack there of, furthered her desire to avoid the typical status of a woman in the time period. In recognizing the inner sadness of her mother, Sibilla did everything in her power to avoid being reduced to such a position. But while her relationship with her father helped avoid that state, his tendency to treat her as if she was his son made her feel he didn’t truly understand her. “Yet I didn’t feel that Father made any real attempt to understand me either. At times I felt completely alone. Then I withdrew into daydreams, the secret mainstay of my inner world” (7). While at a young age the parental neglect troubled Sibilla, as she aged the freedom helped her develop into a free spirit not abiding to what society’s expectations of her were. Her life as she age was formed mostly on what she wanted to do. One of the bigger pleasures Sibilla found in this neglect was the peace she had with her books. Her ability to advance her intellect gave her great joy and was crucial to advancement and ability to free herself from the barracks of society after childhood.