I think it's a lack of reading comprehension and understanding that just because says that a character is good, doesn't mean that the character actually acts good. It's telling versus showing again. Just look at Twilight. Everyone kept talking about how smart and mature and selfless Bella was, yet her actions and thoughts showed otherwise. It's the same here, everyone (including the writer) keeps telling us that Anita is actually a good person and everything she does is good, yet her actions and thoughts show us a different story.
The fact of the matter is that there are a lot of people in this world who are able to read a book, but are unable to actually understand it. It's similar to how some people will never grasp mathematics the way others do. You get some people who can perform the formulas and understand how they work and why they work, then you get others (like me) who can just memorize the formulas and functions and hope for the best. Math is pretty much an alien language to me, I get the gist of it but that's about it. It's the same with reading for some people. They read a book and can get the gist of it, but understanding it is another story (no pun intended). I think this is also why the fans don't understand why we dislike the books and simply perceive us as jealous haters. They simply cannot see what we see and so all they see are a bunch of people complaining about nothing.
This isn't to say that the fans are stupid. A lack of reading comprehension doesn't automatically equal stupidity, just the same as how a lack of math understanding doesn't mean you're a moron. This is just a theory of why the fans can read the same books and still think of Anita as a hero. Now, why LKH can write Anita like this when she supposedly has a degree in English...I'm still speculating about that. It's mind-boggling at times.
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The fact of the matter is that there are a lot of people in this world who are able to read a book, but are unable to actually understand it. It's similar to how some people will never grasp mathematics the way others do. You get some people who can perform the formulas and understand how they work and why they work, then you get others (like me) who can just memorize the formulas and functions and hope for the best. Math is pretty much an alien language to me, I get the gist of it but that's about it. It's the same with reading for some people. They read a book and can get the gist of it, but understanding it is another story (no pun intended). I think this is also why the fans don't understand why we dislike the books and simply perceive us as jealous haters. They simply cannot see what we see and so all they see are a bunch of people complaining about nothing.
This isn't to say that the fans are stupid. A lack of reading comprehension doesn't automatically equal stupidity, just the same as how a lack of math understanding doesn't mean you're a moron. This is just a theory of why the fans can read the same books and still think of Anita as a hero. Now, why LKH can write Anita like this when she supposedly has a degree in English...I'm still speculating about that. It's mind-boggling at times.