John Ridd.
Thats who I want to be like. A simple straightforward man who confounds his enemies through his physical and moral strengh. Non of this seudo-interlectual namby-pamby torment-of-the-soul for our Jaan. He just gets on with it.
John Ridd.
Thats who I want to be like. A simple straightforward man who confounds his enemies through his physical and moral strengh. Non of this seudo-interlectual namby-pamby torment-of-the-soul for our Jaan. He just gets on with it.
1. Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the Rye
2. Zooey Glass - Franny and Zooey
3. Arkady Kirsanov - Fathers and Sons
4. Ivan Karamazov (I wish I were as intelligent) - The Brothers Karamazov
5. Rakitin - The Brothers Karamazov
Narrowing it down to five, but I seem to identify myself with a lot of characters in fiction.
Anna Karenina.
"Books don't offer real escape but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw." David Mitchell
Winston Smith. I am not paranoid, though, nor am I making this selection pretentiously or with the implication that I am the only person capable of thought. I simply admire his character and how powerfully designed he is. I also like to envision myself as a reasonable judge of character, like Winston, and i am also usually mistaken with this vision, just as Winston was with regards to O'Brien.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Gordon Comstock - Keep the Aspidistra Flying by Orwell
(the way in which I reason in a disagreement... all my arguments are flat and one-sided)
Dora Spenlow - David Copperfield by Dickens
(the silly and naive side of me can't seem to keep itself out of my personality)
Agnes Wickfield - David Copperfield by Dickens
(the person I strive to be)
Gabriel Oak - Far From the Madding Crowd by Hardy and Mrs. Micawber in Dicken's David Copperfield (for the same reason...)
(my loyalty to those I love)
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Yevgeny Vasilyevich Bazarov form Fathers and Sons - like I am watching and listening myself.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
Do 18th century Russians assault you on the street?
What?Originally Posted by wat??
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
Actually, Elizabeth Bennet is not a bad choice: an enviable lot, to be worshipped and adored by a millionaire, handsome and decent as Mr Darcy
However, I am all with Will Ladislaw. He is passionate, impulsive and true to his love and his ideals.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits
in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Helen Keller
Whoops I meant 19th century. Anyway I was referring to how virtually everyone in Russia, at the time Fathers and Sons was published, reacted hostilely to the character Bazarov.
I suppose I could name a few from the more classical literature, but I wouldhave to choose Eowyn from Lord of the Rings. I identify with her grief held in check, her wanting desperately to go forth and fight the wrongs done to her family, to do something besides sit about and wait until it is too late. I identify with her deep love of her uncle and family and the constant ache in her heart from all that she and her people have suffered. Yes I would go with Eowyn.
Ender Wiggin from Ender's Game simply because of the pressure.
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
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