Womens roles in "The Hours", "V for Vendetta", "Brokeback Mountain", and "Fight Club"

In the first two novels we read for English 108, "The Hours" and "V for Vendetta", the novel's plots revolved around strong females characters. However, in the past two novels we have read, "Brokeback Mountain" and "Fight Club", the women are portrayed like tools that simply address the needs of male characters. Just because in the past two novels we have read the women don't play strong central roles, that doesn't necessarily mean the authors were trying to portray women as weak, it was just because the novel's purposes revolved around men.
In "Fight Club", a book specifically written for men, the only main female character of the book is Marla. For most of the novel, she basically serves the hedonistic pleasures of Tyler Durden. In "Brokeback Mountain", Lureen and Elma serve as fake wife figures for Jack and Ennis, just so that they can appear to have a normal lifestyle. The women in both novels are treated badly because the men of both novels don't have the courage to live their ideal lifestyles.
However, in "The Hours", the plot completely revolves around the lives of Virginia, Laura, and Clarissa. In, "The Hours", it is the women who are seeking happier lifestyles. They are portrayed as being strong because they are making actions which they feel will help them become happier. The same is true in "V for Vendetta". Although at the beginning of the graphic novel Evie is weak and must be saved by V, after V captures her she reaches a point of enlightenment and becomes empowered. By the end of the novel, Evie is strong enough to take over for V and the graphic novel alludes to Evie continuing V's mission of transforming society back to one without fascism and dictatorial government.