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** as a [http://www.reason.com/news/show/124392.html Reason.com review] pointed out: Its kind of ironic that Phillip Pullman labels other works like ''Narnia'' as sexist and full of class snobbery, when Will the male hero, is the one who gets to fight the most and even becomes [[The Chosen One]] in control of the mystical Subtle Knife, meanwhile Lyra's greatest feats are accomplished by "feminine" wiles like lying and manipulation; Also the class snobbery manifests in that Lyra is the (illegitimate) daughter of aristocrats and is vastly superior in intellect and wits than his friends in Oxford ([[Unfortunate Implications|who also happen to be the children of servants]]) and Will being the son of a Royal Marines officer from the beginning.

** There's also the fact that "all servants" supposedly have dog dæmons, suggesting that they were chosen as servants because of their dæmons; people who don't have dogs as dæmons can't get the job because they are considered too independent. It's not hard to think of racial profiling or job discrimination when it comes to this.

 

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