Was there ever a literary character which inspired you enough that it reshaped who you were?

The Red Raider. (And I will shoot anyone that takes that seriously). There was a story about a kid that ran away from home and built a home inside of a tree that was read to us when I was very young and in school. It inspired my love of the outdoors and wandering in the woods. I just have never found the title to that book. Maybe My Side of the Mountain? I know wacked. But then again so am I.

Atticus Finch and Anne Shirley provided early guide posts to who I wanted to be like.

@Adirondackwannabe I was enthralled by that story, too. I fantasized about running away and leading that kind of life for a couple of years after reading that. And yes, that is the title.

Amélie Poulain

Charlie.

Jack the Ripper.

Ah, but was he fictional @ragingloli?

He was a character in many novels, so that qualifies him as a literary character.

@ragingloli Remind me never to attend a sleepover at your place.

@Adirondackwannabe
Worry not.
I would not kill you ^__^.
more than once

@ragingloli When your influence is a serial organ harvester it makes me wonder.

@Adirondackwannabe
Well, he is not the only influence.
there is also the Zodiac killer, Ted Bundy and Joseph Stalin

@Adirondackwannabe You left out the Marquis De Sade and The Impaler dude.

Miss Havisham.

@ZEPHYRA Oy!

Jo March and Elizabeth Bennett

Elizabeth Bennet. She made me admit that I’m different from my family, and that I have no reason to hide it. Be who you are whether society finds you appealing or not.

My 5 favorite literary characters are:
Ulysses
Hamlet
Scrooge
Pinocchio
Harry Potter

They all had character traits or tales that I found appealing. The one with the greatest influence on me was probably either Superman or Ulysses.

Lately, Harry Potter….

I got into the series late.

Gregor Samsa.

The unnamed narrator of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.

Drizzt Do’urden. From the Forgotten Realms novels. He has the power from his blades to resist corruption and evil. He has integrity that I find desirable in myself and others.