Complex sentence: The principal characters she uses are young girls who exhibit audacious behavior, are high strung, terribly talkative and full of unsettling demands while their male counterparts are the opposite-quiet, strong and tough against patient suffering.
Split into simpler sentences: The principal characters that she uses are young girls who exhibit audacious behavior and are high strung, terribly talkative and full of unsettling demands. While their male counterparts are the opposite, quiet, strong, and tough against patient suffering.