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13 memorable (to me) fictional characters. (From Books)
1. Cathy- East of Eden. (John Steinbeck) I have one word for Cathy. Heartless....
2. Mc Murphy- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey). Easily one my favorite, and most entertaining characters.
3. Charles Wallace- A Wrinkle In Time (Madeline L'Engle) I loved the development and personality of this character. The end of the book was heartbreaking, he was so fragile, yet so strong. I still love this book.
4. Mammy- Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell). Mammy was the family backbone. She should have beat Scarlett stupid.
5. Yossarian- Catch-22 (Joseph Heller). Crazy, crazy character.
6. Scout- To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee). The innocence of this character touched me.
7. Tom Joad- The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck again). You wanted so much to hope and cheer for Tom. I think he is so well written.
8. Claire and Jamie Fraser- The Outlander series (by Diana Gabaldon.) Easily one of my favorite series of books. You can't have one without the other.
9. Elphaba- Wicked (Gregory Maguire). I love the back story of the little green girl who grew up to be the witch. Anyone know how the author chose her name? (I do)
10. Marmee- Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) the glue that held the family together.
11. Ayla- Clan of the Cave Bear series (Jean Auel). I was taken with this story as a teenager. Movie SUCKED OUT LOUD. ( I detest Daryl Hannah)
12. Holden Caufield- Catcher In The Rye (JD Salenger). Very interesting boy...
13. Crowley- Good Omens (Neil Gaiman). Evil never was so good...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Thursday 13
Posted by mielikki at 1:31 AM
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Oooh, you've mentioned some of my favorites! Love Jamie & Claire, of course--hey, even my fellow book club members love Jamie & Claire, and they tend to stick to "serious" books.
And Good Omens--I don't know anyone who doesn't love that, either.
Yes! I'm not the only one who doesn't like Daryl Hannah! Yay! But I do enjoy the Clan of the Cave Bear books, the earlier ones more so than the later ones.
I loved Wicked but I love all things Oz (and I'm not even a gay man). Elphaba is L. Frank Baum--the original series author.
I say leendalu is a gay man!
Haha
I also knew that answer, though.
Call me twinkle toes! Ha
Great list! Makes me want to go back and re-read all of these....
I never read Good Omens, I guess I will be borrowing it ...
I loved the musical Wicked but I didnt know where her name came from .. and I think Lee is gay for sure ...she is so fun .. isnt that how you mean gay? Oh .. its not? Well,then, ... never mind ...
:-Daryl
Fantastic list. I actually hated Wicked, but do know the story of her name.
'm ashamed to admit I have never read Steinbeck, but I do know some of those other characters: Mammy, Yossarian and Holden Caufield especially. And I'm rather partial to Darryl Hannah!
Wow, I need to read some of those. More for my list. And Lee is so gay, she even has a boys name. Hee hee.
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