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There's more gender-bending in this book than a Lady Gaga concert—and that's a good thing. Enid and Alfred Lambert represent the old world, so concerned with gender norms that they forbid their daughter from playing the saxophone. Their children, on the other hand, have been raised in a new era where those outdated gender roles have little value. Some of them rebel against those old values with a passion, and some of them struggle with these expectations for their whole lives. In the end, though, The Corrections pulls no punches on either side—and that's gender equality at its finest.
In The Corrections, we can clearly see how traditional gender roles present little value in modern society.
Denise is a notable character because she breaks the gender dichotomy, simultaneously holding values that are defined as feminine and masculine.