What literary character description best fits you?
When reading, have you ever come across a character who is described in such a way that you immediately identified with them and felt you could be described the same way? One that you feel truly fits you, whether for better or worse? It could be a character’s description of themselves, a description about them given by another character or the author’s description of them. In this particular instance I am speaking in terms of personality, not physical resemblance.
Do you think people who know you would agree or disagree? Has anyone ever said you remind them of a certain character? Were you surprised by their choice or could you see the resemblance?
Also, have you ever known someone who you thought resembled a fictional character and can you describe why?
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I told a friend recently that I fantasize that I am the Jewish Elizabeth Bennett but I’m not sure that anyone else has ever seen that. I don’t have particuarly “fine eyes.”
^^^ Didn’t she have fine knees?
Bartleby, the Scrivener
@janbb It is so funny that you mention Pride and Prejudice, because that is exactly the book I had in mind when writing this question. Lately, I feel that every day I am becoming more and more like Mr. Darcy (and not necessarily in a good way). When thinking about how I feel these days I was reminded of the following description Darcy gave of himself and immediately felt it described me perfectly at this point in time.
“I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding— certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.”
@gailcalled I too “would prefer not to” a great deal of the time!
Well, I have far too often allowed myself to be burned owing to my “extraordinary gift for hope” and “romantic readiness…” I think my friends would agree with this.
And I am still trying to learn to talk myself down when my mind starts saying “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
To my credit, though, I’ve never tried to impress Daisy with my wealth.
James Bond, but you know, not one person has ever told me I remind them of 007.
The Wife of Bath as a second choice.
Well, I identify with many characters on certain levels, but I’ve never felt a “Holy crap, they’re talking about ME!” moment.
I identify with Marion Zimmer Bradley’s characters often. Perhaps that really means that I identify with Marion Zimmer Bradley herself. Would that I had met her.
Jane Austen’s Emma is a pretty good fit, also like Cathy in Wuthering Heights. For Emma, a little too comfortable to realize I still have a lot of work to do on myself, rather than noticing the work others need to do on themselves. For Cathy, a little too stubborn to admit mistakes.
Tarzan, because i’m a wild bugger, look great in a loincloth & like to have sex in the woods.
Although to be fair, i’m shit scared of chimpanzees, me & Cheetah would have issues.
@ucme I don’t like chimps or any other type of ape. I have an ape phobia. LOL
There was this one girl who used to ride my school bus that reminded me so much of a younger version of Mello that it wasn’t even funny. Too bad she didn’t like me, though.
I’ve been told that I remind someone of Axel before.
And this one girl that I really don’t like reminds me of Larxene (just Google her for a personality and photos).
My mother wrote a short story in the ‘60s based on a harrowing experience I had in while living in New York. My next-door neighbor, a friend of our family and a stage, TV and film actor whose name older jellies might recognize, was almost killed in his apartment by intruders, save for my intervention. I (as well as the actor) related the event to Mother and she crafted it into loose fiction. I was rejiggered to be female, and the facts were changed a bit—but I can never read the story without reliving the actual event.
@diavolobella It’s the screaming those chimps do that I don’t like, no wonder it’s known as going apeshit.
I worked for a guy who was the human equivalent of Eeyore. In a funny sort of way. He was small and dark with dark circles under his sad looking eyes, satirically dispirited and his voice sounded like Eeyore. It was pretty hilarious. Even more so because his wife was very petite and had a Christopher Robin haircut. His name started with Mc, so I called him McEeyore.
Jo in Little Women. I even married the professor.
During my school years, I could have been Hermione Granger’s twin.
Jane Eyre and Miles Raymond.
Oh I knew i forgot something…the word because.
Man, when will I ever get to properly be Batman?!
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