Did you learn anything?
2006-11-16 14:13:47 · 82 answers · asked by ? 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Boo Radley was my fav too!
2006-11-17 09:38:03 · update #1
Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird". I learned that sometimes you have to stand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
2006-11-16 14:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by robee 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Boo Radley
2006-11-16 14:15:40 · answer #2 · answered by hotchick7232 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The boy and the tree from The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. In the beginning the boy was young and innocent and he loved the tree and the tree loved the boy. As he grows, the boy becomes self centered and selfish but the tree remains steadfast in her love for the boy. She offers the boy everything from her apples to her trunk until there is nothing left of her but a stump. At the end when the boy is a very old man, he realizes that a stump is a good place to sit and rest,and the tree is happy. Great life lesson!
2006-11-16 14:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by thrill88 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miss Havisham form Great Expectations. The lesson learned her is not to be trappen by the disapointments of the past and move on to other things. People who don't are really wierd. While we may not have a faded wedding care 20 years old, there are those among us that simply can not clear the table and start anew.
2006-11-16 14:39:18 · answer #4 · answered by copestir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ebeneezer Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol transcends the simple good/bad dichotomy of characters in the true spirit of Christmas. The profoundness with which Dickens treats the classical character of the old miser is simply remarkable. By the end of the book, we are left understanding there is a little bit of Scrooge in all of us, which manifests itself anytime life has taught us to be harsh and unfeeling.
2006-11-16 14:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I read Jane Eyre this past summer, I found the beginning very hard to follow and somewhat boring.
I read this at work, and would get excited when an intriguing part would come up.
There is something about that book that one cannot help but like.
It's beautiful book and a beautiful character.
2006-11-16 14:27:28 · answer #6 · answered by captain slow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
excluding the Bible, I would say characters from Agatha Christie books, mostly Hericule Poirot but alot of her other character are just as memorable. They're memorable because they are some of the most realistic characters i've read of in books. And I've read many books.
Did I learn anything? Well, you learn alot from mystery books, and it certainly helps with the better the characters.
2006-11-16 14:26:39 · answer #7 · answered by Tyler D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Memorable character from what? If you mean from a book I'd probably say Sydney Carton from a Tale of Two Cities.
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known."
He shows selflessness to help the one he loves. I know I would not be strong enough to do that and probably neither you as well. In order to give up the most valuable possession you own, your life, for your true love to be happy....It's quite a beautiful thing.
2006-11-16 14:21:20 · answer #8 · answered by Zack 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
his celebrity name was Gene Taylor
he was the head writer for a local radio personality
he was the most knowledgeable of trivia and kinda useless info I have ever known
Gene could carry on a conversation with every age level and make that individual feel like they were the most important person in the room
I learned to not take life for granted
to make every day count
Gene died a few years ago of a freak asthma attack that never should have happened
he is sadly missed
2006-11-16 14:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u are looking at actual people who lived - then I guess I wud go for Gandhi - he took on the might of the then huge British Empire and got not only India her Independence but set an example to the whole world.
2006-11-16 14:49:53 · answer #10 · answered by majorcavalry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jo March, from Little Women.
I am so much like her its unbelievable; boisterous, loud, fun loving, and a passion for writing. Loyal and protective of my family. It's like reading about myself! And in the movie version, with Winona Ryder, she gets it on with Gabriel Byrne, who, as some of you may already know, I have a massive crush on. Also, my hubby reckons I look a little bit like her, but that's probably only because I too cut off my long brown hair, my "one beauty". Not for anything as noble as selling it for money for my family, its just too hot here in Australia for hair like that!!!
Anyway, I guess the main thing I learnt was to keep going, that book WILL get published some day!!
2006-11-16 14:35:21 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋