: A relentlessly positive, athletic "sunshine" character who arrives at Carvell to investigate a family friend's death. She represents the idealized, "performative" version of femininity that the author herself identifies as her public persona .
: An introverted, philosophy-focused "Goth" characterized by intense, repressed rage . Burdened by a society that views her anger as "madness," she performs a soul-splitting ritual to expunge her "evil" impulses. The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven
The novel’s core conflict is embodied in its dual protagonists: : A relentlessly positive, athletic "sunshine" character who
This soul-splitting ritual serves as a literalization of the , but Steven twists it by focusing on the specific way women are taught to "purify" themselves of negative emotions like guilt and shame. Female Rage as a Gothic Catalyst The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven - Goodreads Burdened by a society that views her anger
The Architecture of Rage: A Feminine Reimagining of Duality in The Society for Soulless Girls