![\"matilda\"](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Matilda-300x225.png\")
<\/p>\nFinding a female that we can aspire to be like in the pages of a novel can be quite tricky. Women aren\u2019t always portrayed in a positive light, but we\u2019ve compiled a list of some ladies that inspire us to be better!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Roald Dahl\u2019s creation Matilda Wormwood is just wonderful. She clearly doesn\u2019t quite belong into her lazy, unenthused family who often forget about her. She\u2019s left to fend for herself from a young age, and finds herself utterly enthralled in literature. The library and school are her safe havens from the family who just don\u2019t understand her. Oh, and she has magic powers. In the face of adversity, Matilda keeps her head held high, betters herself and ends up living the life she truly dreamed of in the end.<\/p>\n
![\"katniss\"](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Katniss-300x188.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
From the beginning, Katniss Everdeen is admirable. When her little sister Prim is picked for the Hunger Games (a battle against the other districts, where children are literally fighting for their lives), Katniss volunteers as tribute in order to save her. Despite her near brushes with death, Katniss goes on to win the Hunger Games along with Peeta Mellark. She\u2019s strong in every possible sense, and we salute her.<\/p>\n
![\"arya-stark\"](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arya-stark-300x169.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
We could look at the growth of Arya Stark and her incredibly powerful nature across the series of novels, but we\u2019d soon run out of space! The youngest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark is one of the most inspirational children we meet. She goes against the grain \u201d\u201c and couldn\u2019t be more different to older sister, Sansa \u201d\u201c and expresses her desire to fight. She\u2019s witty, she\u2019s wise beyond her years and she isn\u2019t afraid to be true to herself, or afraid of the dreaded Joffrey either!<\/p>\n
![\"scout-finch\"](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/scout-finch-300x182.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Jean Louise \u201cScout\u201d\u009d Finch has two strong figures to look up to in brother Jem and father Atticus. As Scout is so young, she has to learn about the rife racism in the town she grows up in \u201d\u201c some of the life lessons she learns throughout the course of the novel are tough. She makes a few mistakes along the way in how she speaks and how she acts, particularly with Boo Radley. Scout is initially scared of Boo, partly due to neighbourhood rumours about his behaviour but she comes to the realisation he is harmless. She\u2019s got a big heart and she isn\u2019t afraid to be herself.<\/p>\n
![\"jo-march\"](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Jo-March-300x169.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Louisa May Alcott\u2019s Little Women brought us Jo March; one of the strongest-willed literary characters in our list. She too is out of the ordinary \u201d\u201c more boyish than is expected of her, and hot tempered. Just like Matilda, Jo March loves to read and equally loves writing. Her plays keep her sisters entertained, and it\u2019s writing that leads her to New York. Whilst pursuing her literary dreams, she ends up meeting the man who would become her husband, but Jo would unfortunately lose the one thing that matters to her most in this novel.<\/p>\n