This article investigates Jolley's use of characters who are 'ignored people' to 'awaken the conscience of people to find their true self and the ideal space.'
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The author argues that choosing to write 'as a man' changed Astley's 'writing angle' allowing her to be 'a sharp satirist against the bad social habits' of the 1960s and 1970s.
Source: Abstract translated to English