She struggles until she meets Eve, who helps get her power under control.Ī voice in Allie/Eve’s head guides her through life. She tries to avoid looking weak but accidentally kills a man. She meets a boy who has a skein, Ryan, and she attends a training camp to learn to control her power better. Margot’s daughter is sometimes overwhelmed by the amount of power she has.

The citizens of Bessapara, inspired by their leader’s willingness to oppress men, begin to electrocute and murder men at will. She takes away men’s freedoms, like the ability to drive and travel. She demonstrates her cruelty several times and proves to readers that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

As the novel progresses, she begins to show dictatorial tendencies. She flees to the south after a military coup and establishes Bessapara. The novel suggests that she kills her husband and is appointed President of the country. He realizes over time that the women in power are growing just as corrupt as the male leaders used to be, especially Tatiana Moskalev in Bessapara. He is one of the first to report on the positives the Power has brought to women worldwide, especially in countries like India and Saudi Arabia. Tunde Edo is a young journalist from Nigeria and the only major male character in the novel. She eventually becomes a US senator and inspires the President to stand alongside Bessapara, hoping to make money off of NorthStar.

Her strength puts her ahead of him in the race for governor. Margot Cleary is the mayor of a city in New England who beats the governor after accidentally shocking him in a debate. She nearly dies after her skein is forcibly removed. She later learns that her father ordered her mother’s murder and that he is unwilling to give up any of his power to his daughter. Roxy avenges her mother’s murder and helps to manufacture Glitter, which enhances women’s power around the world. She proves throughout the novel that she has greater than average power. She’s 14 when the novel begins, and she discovers her Power after a traumatic event in which her mother is murdered. The daughter of a British crime boss, Bernie Monke. She eventually decides that the only way to move forward and ensure the safety of all women is to start a global war and take the world back to the Stone Age. She rewrites scripture and changes it to suit the new female-centric narrative.Įve became famous worldwide and expressed her support for the female country of Bessapara. She hears a voice in her head throughout the novel inspiring her to certain actions, such as starting a religion with a woman as the central God-figure. She runs away to a convent and renames herself, Eve. Montgomery-Taylor, repeatedly throughout her youth and before she gains her Power. Allie is only 16 years old when the novel begins.

The power novel by naomi alderman