Which book are you?

[Scheherazade]

I'm Watership Down... again! Wonder why's that

OK, now I really have to read this book!

I thought I remembered that I was Watership before. I guess memory fails!

Emily, please be more sensitive when you talk about memory failures... especially around middle aged people!!! Some of us are twice as old as you are - if not more!

So, what is this thread about, then?

[Jay]

I suppose it might be a good idea to read the book. Might explain how am I Watership Down. Other than the obvious rabbit question . But I couldn't help myself, I've never even seen an armadillo, how could I like it more than a rabbit?

[NNoah3]

You're Anne of Green Gables!
by L.M. Montgomery
Bright, chipper, vivid, but with the emotional fortitude of cottage cheese, you make quite an impression on everyone you meet. You're impulsive, rash, honest, and probably don't have a great relationship with your parents. People hurt your feelings constantly, but your brazen honestly doesn't exactly treat others with kid gloves. Ultimately, though, you win the hearts and minds of everyone that matters. You spell your name with an E and you want everyone to know about it.

I strongly disagree with the part about parents' relationship, this couldn't be better.

[NickAdams]

You're Prufrock and Other Observations
by T.S. Eliot

Though you are very short and often overshadowed, your voice is poetic
and lyrical. Dark and brooding, you see the world as a hopeless effort of people trying
to impress other people. Though you make reference to almost everything, you've really
heard enough about Michelangelo. You measure out your life with coffee spoons.

[motherhubbard]

You're Les Miserables!
by Victor Hugo
One of the best known people in your community, you have become something of a phenomenon. People have sung about you, danced in your honor, created all manner of art in your name. And yet your story is one of failure and despair, with a few brief exceptions. A hopeless romantic, you'll never stop hoping that more good will come from your failings than is ever possible. Beware detectives and prison guards bearing vendettas

[NickAdams]

*dances in motherhubbard's honor*

[bibliophile190]

You're Mrs. Dalloway!
by Virginia Woolf
Your life seems utterly bland and normal to the casual observer, but inside you are churning with a million tensions and worries. The company you surround yourself with may be shallow, but their effects upon your reality are tremendously deep. To stay above water, you must try to act like nothing's wrong, but you know that the truth is catching up with you. You're not crazy, you're just a little unwell. But no doctor can help you now.



It's scary how true that is.

[BibliophileTRJ]

I'm Prufrock and Other Observations!
by T.S. Eliot
Though you are very short and often overshadowed, (couldn't be truer)
your voice is poetic and lyrical. (Gravelly and clipped)
Dark and brooding, (I hope not)
you see the world as a hopeless effort of people trying to impress other people. (that's true, sad, but true)
Though you make reference to almost everything, (know it all)
you've really heard enough about Michelangelo. (who hasn't?)
You measure out your life with coffee spoons. (????!)

[Scheherazade]

You measure out your life with coffee spoons. (????!)

For I have known them all already, known them all:—
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
So how should I presume?

from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by TS Eliot

(You can find the poem here)

[BibliophileTRJ]

Thanks Scher!

I suppose I should have looked that up myself before posting.

Ah, well; just another book that needs to be added to my "Must Read Eventually" list.

[manolia]

You're The Guns of August!
by Barbara Tuchman
Though you're interested in war, what you really want to know is what causes war. You're out to expose imperialism, militarism, and nationalism for what they really are. Nevertheless, you're always living in the past and have a hard time dealing with what's going on today. You're also far more focused on Europe than anywhere else in the world. A fitting motto for you might be "Guns do kill, but so can diplomats.

[Mortis Anarchy]

Wow...okay! Don't worry, I'm not a big fan of children . So I got these two...


You're Lolita!
by Vladimir Nabokov
Considered by most to be depraved and immoral, you are obsessed with sex. What really tantalizes you is that which deviates from societal standards in every way, though you admit that this probably isn't the best and you're not sure what causes this desire. Nonetheless, you've done some pretty nefarious things in your life, and probably gotten caught for them. The names have been changed, but the problems are real. Please stay away from children.


You're One Hundred Years of Solitude!
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lonely and struggling, you've been around for a very long time. Conflict has filled most of your life and torn apart nearly everyone you know. Yet there is something majestic and even epic about your presence in the world. You love life all the more for having seen its decimation. After all, it takes a village.

[Bakiryu]

You're Pale Fire!
by Vladimir Nabokov
You're really into poetry and the interpretation thereof. Along the road of life, you have had several identity crises which make it very unclear who you are, let alone how to interpret poetry. You probably came from a foreign country, but then again you seem foreign to everyone in ways unrelated to immigration. Most people think you're quite funny, but maybe you're just sick. Talking to you ends up being much like playing a round of the popular board game Clue.

You're Roots!
by Alex Haley
While almost everyone agrees that you're brilliant, no one knows quite how to categorize you. Some say that you're a person with an amazing family tree. Some say that you're just a darn good storyteller. Others say that you're both and don't much care where to draw the line. What is known is that your people have been through a great number of trials and that you are where you are because of hard work. You have nothing to lose but your chains.

You're The Handmaid's Tale!
by Margaret Atwood
An outraged feminist, you have been oppressed and even silenced in your life, fueling your fury against the society as it stands. Your role has been strictly defined by society and you are almost certainly unsatisfied with it. You have some vague idea of how this has come to be, but insufficient power to stop it, let alone reverse the trend. And somehow you blame yourself for everything because people ask you to. Beware people renaming your nation a Republic.



That's just creepy. It describes perfectly!
I took it thrice just to be sure!

[Shurtugal]

i'm Watership Down... i don't evan like that book.

[Granny5]

The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
Strong-willed but deeply confused, you are trying to come to grips with a major crisis in your life. You can see many different perspectives on the issue, but you're mostly overwhelmed with despair at what you've lost. People often have a hard
time understanding you, but they have some vague sense that you must be brilliant anyway. Ultimately, you signify nothing.


How very accurate!! I'm amazed, which signifies nothing.