There is also a notable difference in the amount of work written by women and men that is actively used. Work written by women is used less in textbooks in general. Males write the majority of textbooks used in classrooms today. Although there are just as many historians and professors, women often do not receive the respect given to men. If you were to compare male roles in literature with female roles, you would discover that very often men are complex characters, while women are static. . Women often fall into the trap of playing the same roles in every novel. They rarely change over the course of the novel, unless a male character brings about the change. Women usually change or "find their true selves" unless the action is forced by a man in the novel. Women usually serve as plot developers in novels. They support male characters, often as love interests for male or simple roles that serve little purpose. These characters only last a few pages or at least a chapter. If the love interest is on more than one page, they are barely mentioned or end up being the secret antagonist. The most common unspoken role of a woman is to advance along male storylines. A great example of the vital roles of women in literature are the works written by Ernest Hemingway. Not only do most of Hemingway's novels follow stereotypes of female roles, but with the novel “The Sun Will Rise” Hemingway also wrote women in a new light. His opinion on women is often questioned based on his written comments and actions against women in novels. Hemingway has been called many things, including masochism. Hemingway is said to have had masochistic sexual tendencies, and those “tendencies” are expressed in many of his male characters. (Hatten, "Ernes... center of paper... thinks she would like him. It seems that Frederic has control over Catherine by the way Catherine expresses her supposed feelings for Frederic by repeatedly telling him that he only exists when he is around , she is only happy when he is there. It is clear at the end of the novel that it was Catherine who led their lives together and it is from Catherine's death that Frederic takes responsibility and finally finds himself (). development of Hemingway's female characters: Catherine from A Farewell to Arms to The Garden of Eden.” Pg.11)In “A House of Soldiers” by Hemingway The man in the book, the soldier, sees women as objects that are distractions When he returns from war he lacks desire for a woman and her affection. He finds a woman's affection false and not comforting, but instead a reminder of the loss of his life and innocence in the war..