Favorite character in literature?

[weaver]

Who has been your favorite literary charcter(s)?

I've enjoyed the escapades of Kilgore Trout, since as alter-ego he's not retricted to convention. Also,,,, there's Atticus Finch,who back in my youth, changed my concept of what it meant to be tolerant, since at that time there weren't role models for that behavior.

[bleachededen]

Lyra Belaqua (or Silvertongue) from Philip Pullman's series His Dark Materials.

Shadow from American Gods, Door, Richard Mayhew, and the Marquis from Neverwhere, and Anathema Device from Good Omens (all by Neil Gaiman).

Kivrin from Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

Ursula from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude.

Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter (Nathanial Hawthorne).

Billy Pilgrim, Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut).

I think that's enough for now.

[rainbells]

Howard Roark from The Fountainhead, Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With The Wind, and Jane Eyre.

[hmrush]

Roark and Wynand from the Fountainhead for very different reasons. I have often thought that if I have children I would perhaps name them after these characters.

[Kevin]

Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment. He can make a terrible day seem sunny in comparison.

[wilde]

George & Fred Weasley from the Harry Potter series. I love those guys.

Dustfinger from the Inkworld Trilogy.

Sam Gamgee from Lord of the Rings.

Juniper Mackenzie from the Emberverse/Dies the Fire series.

Ozymandias from Watchmen.

If I can think of more, I'll post them.


edit: Pretty much every Batman villain ever... except Mad Hatter. I hate that one.

[mmelahn]

I would have to say Tita in Like Water for Chocolate...not only is it my favorite book but she exemplifies the kind of life I could only hope to live. It is passionate and meaningful, and full of this crazy love that I can only imagine to one day feel.

[caseyjo]

Hermione Granger from Harry Potter! Mostly because she reminds me of myself a little bit, but also because we get to see her grow over the course of the series. I tend to get pretty attached to characters after 7 books.

Lady Macbeth is likely the most evil of all the Shakespearean women, but also the most interesting. She actually has agency in the play, which makes her pretty unique for that time period.

Van Helsing (Dracula) is an awesome character; I imagine that he looks a bit like Einstein.

[Murasaki]

Hester Prynn from The Scarlet Letter
The Wife of Bath Canturbury Tales
Hermione Granger Harry Potter series
Elphaba Wicked

I am sure the longer I sit here the more I will think of...

[wilde]

Oh, I forgot Hermione! I can relate to her quite a bit; she's one of the reasons I got into the Harry Potter series.