Knowing her father, failure was not an option. She was sent on a mission to retrieve something very important. Now enough about Alosa, let’s talk about what actually happens to her. Again, not all headstrong lasses can’t dress properly or look presentable. I feel obliged to point this out because usually when I see strong women in books, they are usually written as being helpless in the wardrobe, as if they can’t possible be both strong and fashionable, which is annoying. One of my favorite quotes of hers, “ There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I’ve gotten what I came for.” She cared about her appearance and her books, even after her capture. She has kicked, stabbed, punched and hanged countless pirates without a care while still maintaining her feminine nature. Any piece of furniture can be wielded as her weapon. She resonates to young women as a strong willed female who gets things done on her own. Alosa represents a niche which is very much still missing in our fictional worlds. Not all girls are helpless or too smart for their own good. Anyway, what I’m saying is, the character of Alosa was treated the way any fictional male character would.
Which then they did, and admittedly it still didn’t change her stance on wasting her potential swabbing the ship deck. Even if they hang her off the ship with chains around her arm, she still won’t. If she doesn’t want to clean the deck, she won’t clean the deck.
Which is in all fairness the smart thing to do. Usually when you have strong female characters placed in very “piratey” situations they are forced to succumb to their male captures by keeping their heads down in order to survive.
I love her personality because you can easily see Alosa written as a man. This girl ain’t afraid to get her hands dirty! She is also stubborn. So much so, she repeatedly gets herself stabbed or punched to prove she’s right. She is feisty, smart and carelessly brave. Meet Princess Alosa, the female Jack Sparrow of the Literature world.
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