I've noticed in most of the stories we've read, the male characters are much more complex and "flawed" than a typical 19th century male character. From many of the books I've read, the descriptions of males are often emphasizing their handsome looks, talents, and strengths, whereas amongst the three novels we've read so far, the male characters all have these issues. Septimus and Peter in Mrs. Dalloway are flawed in the sense they are outcasts of society, with one being a shell-shocked war veteran who is slowly becoming mad, and another who was kicked out of Cambridge and is a reckless boy at heart. In Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, we see Jake, an emasculated war veteran who internalizes his feelings towards the woman he can never be with, and possibly harbors homophobic and racist sentiments. And while we are discussing Metamorphosis currently, Gregor is a seemingly kind-hearted, and yet incredibly naive man who blindly works hard under a family who cru...