https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2014/menschenkenntnis thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2014/menschenkenntnis#comment-410115 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:36:33 +0000 http://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/?p=807#comment-410115 Yes, these characters do set an impossible standard, but as long as the novelist uses them to good effect (humor, illustration of a point, sharing a vision of good) I think it’s quite permissible to create them. I’m less certain when the only purpose seems to be to advance the plot more speedily.

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