Sybel is a child when she receives Tam from Coren. She does not know how to love a child but she knows how to give it "what it needs." This is what a lot of children comprehend. They know that a dog needs a walk, or food, or to be let outside, but rarely does a child comprehend that they need love and compassion. A child might hit a dog and the parent's will scold the child and tell them and teach them how to love it. Slowly they grow into that role.
Sybel learns how to love Tam, and as she progresses through the story we are shown how she grows. Although she is 27-9 years of age, we get the feeling that she is of the same age as a child who is finding their way and learning the roles of the age they are as people expect them to be. I think many adolescents can connect with Sybel because they are going through similar frustrations. Knowing that (for example) pre marital sex is wrong, but until they are faced with that situation they are so quickly to know what they would do. Once when the time comes and they are in the situation they have already deemed "unacceptable behavior" they change their choice based on their own decision to justify how they choose to react. I feel that this whole time Sybel is saying that war is bad and fighting is bad, but when she has a reason to fight, her previous thoughts are thrown out the window.
This hero and struggle of the character is easy for an adolescent to connect with. Sybel is a childlike hero because she has the mentality of a child despite her age. That is why so many adolescents can connect with this story.
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