2007-03-06 02:34:53 · 10 answers · asked by mels211 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
DEATH from the Discwold series. He has such a dry sense of humor and is very personable.
2007-03-06 02:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by Sun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sherlock Holmes, he's a very interesting man, who essentially sacrificed an ordinary life so he could put his talents to good use and get rid of London's crime.
He's also funny, arrogant, and quite often very bizarre.
But what's also great is what he goes through when he can't find work, he slips into depression and does cocaine and morphine.
His friendship with Watson is also very interesting, it started out more as a convenience for Holmes, but as the years went by he actually developed a real bond to Watson and even told a man that had he killed Watson when he shot him Holmes would have killed the man.
2007-03-07 06:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by Dan A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edmond Dantes from _The Count of Monte Cristo_ (the novel, not the film). I suppose I like the romance of lengthy, well-planned revenge. It's not the sense of justice that drives me towards Dantes, it's the discipline with which he carries out his revenge. I struggle to be disciplined instead of constantly indulging my senses, and doing so with little enjoyment. Dantes is a hero to me, because he has qualities that I highly admire in other people.
2007-03-06 10:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I too love DEATH from Pratchett's discworld, but my absolute favorite would be Sydney Carton from Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities". He gave up his own life so that those he loved would be happy. He was intelligent, passionate and so well written.....I discovered him sophomore year of high school and I've loved him ever since. I also adore Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings....Frodo was useless and Sam was the true hero.
2007-03-06 10:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Willow_Elf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Benji Compson from "The Sound and the Fury".
He is mentally handicapped and can barely speak. He grunts and makes noises. His family castrates him and he's completely in love with his sister Caddy....yet he is the most trustworthy character in the whole book. As a reader, we are allowed inside his head to see and hear what he is thinking and how he feels. In his simplicity, he is the only one with absolute sensitivity and merit. He's the one who is tragically honest.
2007-03-06 11:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by YSIC 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lestat from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
I love and hate him at the same time, he is so conceited, full of himself and evil. But he has a fantastic sense of humour and some of the best quotes.. I love his line from The Vampire Lestat.. "Don't be a fool for the devil darling.."
2007-03-06 15:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by eyenoura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.J. Fothergill in James Hilton's "Knight Without Armour." An Englishman who wanders curiously but disinterestedly through the maelstrom of revolutionary Russia, detached and insulated---until he falls in love. He remains a skeptic until the end, of everything but love.
2007-03-06 11:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Michael M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With the Wind. Strong, stubborn, beautiful! =)
2007-03-06 10:41:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice.
Because she's strong-willed, opinionated, beautiful, flawed and still gets the best guy at the end.
2007-03-06 11:17:38 · answer #9 · answered by Kalanthy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the character Jo from little women... i'm more or less like her in a way... i'm a tomboy, have the passion for writing also she is not afraid of what others might think about her..
2007-03-06 11:50:26 · answer #10 · answered by ieja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋