One Un-Named Character- "The Girl"

The un-named character I have chosen for this entry is "the girl", Absalom's wife. I believe that Alan Paton has chosen not to name her to sort of set a distance between her and the reader, as a character in the book would feel. It seems like the women have a sense about them that they are not quite looked down upon, but known to be lesser than the men. It also almost feels like the male character's have a bit more depth and are more emphasized than the female characters. Males seem to have more developed characteristics, while women are kind of blunt. By calling Absalom's wife "the girl", Paton generalizes the young female demographic into one person.