What book involves a character that has only one way of thinking?

Answer 1

Definitely Dickens - I would go with Hard Times though, specifically Mr. Gradgrind who can only think in terms of fact and refuses the notions of imagination or impulsiveness. The opening sequence in his "model school" where he completely blasts poor Sissy Jupe over her lack of knowledge of what a horse is and her choice of flowers on carpets are just classic for singlemindedness.

Answer 2

You'd be hardpressed to find one, essentially what makes books good are the conflicts that arise in the book against the main character. Conflicts change people, so there is no real book centered on a character that doesn't change at all.

However, you might find something very close in a book called the Aeneid. It is the story of a Trojan (from Troy) warrior named Aeneas who, after the fall of Troy at the end of the Iliad/Trojan war, leads the remaining Trojans to Italy; and after fighting with the native Italian tribes establishes the beginnings of an empire that will eventually become the Roman empire.

Aeneas changes sometimes, but the overall character never really changes. He is a person who loves his family, obeys his Gods (Jove/Zeus, and his mother the Goddess Venus, and then the other Roman Gods), and honors country. For him, the world is black and white, there is always a right and wrong and nothing in between. And you know he will always choose the "right" path (that is the moral choice based on the morals he's been taught his whole life). Because he always chooses right, he becomes very predictable because he never changes in his resolve to obey God (in this case Jove) no matter how hard it is to do. Even he changes some, but not enough to say he changes his way of thinking and so I guess that fits your criteria as best as possible under the circumstances.

Answer 3

The Christmas Carol?

Not sure I understand the question correctly though.

Answer 4

Any book about George W. Bush.

Answer 5

The " Lord of the Ring's " trilogy. Gollum is fixated on the ring of power.

Answer 6

A character like Pinnochio who has just one way of thinking, except his conscience (Jimminy Cricket) is there to tell him what to do and what not to do.