The Characters in Inkheart and Three To Get Deadly

When looking at the character structures in Inkheart they're almost exactly what you would expect. Main villain is extremely very not good (that was definitely not an obscure Doctor Who reference) the main hero saves the day happily ever after and all that jazz you would normally expect. Except for the fact that Capricorn is literally a character pulled out of a book and Meggie is 12. Capricorn fits the typical wronged villain (that wrong being he was born into the lower class in a Middle Ages setting) and he ended up isolating himself from his own mother even though she was with him constantly. He fits his role well enough and gives you what you expect. Meggie, on the other hand, shows courage and strength many people don't typically see in children of only 12 years of age. And following this pattern of unexpected traits, let's take a look at the ever wonderful Stephanie Plum. In the first book she loses her job at a lingerie store. So instead of searching for a more "suitable" job in retail or at the button factory, she elects to become a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinny. By the 3rd book she's starting to get a hang of this whole thing but it's still in Stephanie's nature to dislike guns and try to be diplomatic when in all reality that bond jumper is going to run away in 3... 2... In Three To Get Deadly, Stephanie is getting a hold of herself, sees herself as a "fugitive apprehension agent." and to be quite honest, is doing a fairly decent job at it. She's still a girl while not being stereotypical. She asks for help when she knows she can't do things on her own and isn't ashamed of it (unless Morelli is involved). You don't see many of the heroes in stories asking for help throughout their entire journey.