Sarah as a mother and character

Ghostfriendly said:
She's a characters who deserves to be strong, because she uses her strength for unselfish ends, without in any way putting herself on a pedestal of machismo. She's not a simple ideal of childrearing, after crying baby in City of Children arc, but consistently represents motherly compassion. However often Sarah gets beaten down, her strength never comes across as an informed attribute. The ME general later on who scoffs that concern for children weakens her as a warrior is shown clearly to be mistaken. She isn't a martial artist because of her father either, or an inevitably male master's training; her power comes from her natural strength, and necessity. Although Sarah's selflessness and stoic repression of any regard for herself implies a certain self-hatred, tragically showing that full recovery from the horrors she's been through can't only be represented by strength or achievement.