Christian commentators point out that Christian characters are portrayed almost universally as hypocritical, lecherous, dull, and joyless. Pagans, on the other hand, have fun, drink endlessly, generally appealing to adolescent males. The English army is portrayed in a martial manner despite being composed of untrained farmers, which is why they generally lost battles. Pagan sorcery is seen to work; in contrast, Christians characters never get what they pray for.