interesting...the doc agrees that he was quite the literary character...and lolita wasn't chopped liver when developing a character either...Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis_R
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interesting...the doc agrees that he was quite the literary character...and lolita wasn't chopped liver when developing a character either...Quote:
Originally Posted by Travis_R
My #3 and #2 have been mentioned (Judge Holden & Raskolnikov), but my #1 favorite character is without doubt Thomas Sutpen, from Absalom, Absalom!
a memorable character indeed...one of faulkner's finest w/o a doubt...Quote:
Originally Posted by callipygias
These were the first two I thought of.Quote:
Originally Posted by country doctor
Personally, Oliver Twist.. But just because of a play I was in, in 5th grade..
flem snopes was quite the character from faulkner's imagination...he might not get all the attention that some of his other characters do, but he doesn't have to take a back seat to any of them either...
just an unbelievably interesting character...and very believable too...
Going to throw out a plug for Miss Havisham from Great Expectations simply because the images of her in the midst of all her wedding day garb and flying at Pip aflame are some of the strongest I have had whilst reading a novel. Although admitedly I havn't read nearly as many books as other around here so this could change when I start working my way through.
Probably already mentioned, but my vote goes to Don Quixote.
Oh! I love that character.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
But probably Sam Gamgee. And definitely Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Aragorn, and etc.(*Their all from LOTR.)
It's really kind of hard to argue with Luke's suggestions of God, Jesus, Moses, Satan, et al, from the Bible. I mean, really, who could even compete?
Anyways, Biblical beings aside, I'd like to nominate a few Tolstoy characters...Pierre and Andrei from War and Peace, and Levin and Anna from Anna Karenina.
Nietzsche's Zarathustra also seems to have made a pretty decent impact on the Western World. That might just be one of those personally memorable characters, though.
I think Faust deserves a shot.
I'd probably have to go for Dean Moriarty, though there's an endless list to choose from. Prince Andrei, Jay Gatsby, Leopold Bloom, Sam Gamgee, Atticus Finch, McMurphy and Melquíades, are all also excellent mentions
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Originally Posted by Desolation
Pierre is one of my favorite characters although it was difficult to understand him sometimes. I also agree about Andrei, Levin and Anna.
I don't know if plays count but if they do, nothing beats the tie between Romeo and Juliette.
If plays do not count, I would have to say Don Quixote.
These are characters that truly ring and have rung in the ears of millions, throughout so many countries and over such a long time.
I love Pierre. I'm only 350 pages through the book, but whenever there's a battle scene, I can't help but think, "Man, I'm tired of reading about people getting blown up, I want to see what happens to Pierre during the next dinner party!" He never ceases to entertain me.Quote:
Originally Posted by aliengirl