The epic novel "War and Peace," by Leo Tolstoy shows the growth of variety of characters during the Napoleon war in Russia. One of the most important characters in the novel is Natasha Rostova. This female protagonist not only captures the attention of many of the other characters in the nove, but Tolstoy created her to be such an appealing character, that it's difficult to not "fall in love" with her charm, her youth, and her boundless energy. Natasha Rostova changes the most throughout this novel. Natasha is presented to us not as much as one person but rather as a series of different persons she becomes through the different parts of the novel. From the beginning of the novel she is shown as a young almost naive character. As she grows she becomes more of a complex character and then loses all of her passion and drive as she becomes a wife and has kids. This character ends up living the way she is expected by the society but sadly in that process loses her drive that she had before. When we first meet her we are presented with a little thirteen year old girl "The dark-eyed, big mouthed, not beautiful, but lively girl, with her child's bare shoulders popping out of her bodice ¦was at that sweet age when a girl is no longer a child, but the child is not yet a young woman (39). Natasha is much like any teen. She is constantly manifesting into a beautiful lady throughout the novel. When we meet her in her home Otradnoe she is " ¦so sweet, so special ¦  (462). Natasha is growing right in front of our eyes. She is gradually revealing her character to us, as she grows we are now presented with a charming young woman. She is now a stunning young female and much aware of it herself. During her first big ball where Natasha is introduced to the society as a young lady, her beauty and energy captivates all in attendance, and especially Natasha's family friends, Pierre Bezukhov and Andrei Bolkonski. The secret of her charm lies in her nature "joyful shining in of her eyes and smile, which referred not to what they were saying, but to her inner happiness  (461). Even thought she is a girl, others are already questioning her ability to be a woman and make a good wife which is indicative of the pressure for girls to conform to society's norms at a young age. After meeting Andrei Bolkonsky, Natasha and his relationship develops into a romantic one. Andrei is enchanted by Natasha and her liveliness and the desire to charm and be charmed by ev