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Post by Isa on Jan 8, 2007 9:57:59 GMT -5
Once in a while we'll read a novel and for some reason we'll identify with one of the characters. Which character(s) do you identify with? Anne Shirley (of Anne of Green Gables) is one of the characters I immediately identified with as a child. First because of her red hair (!), but also for her tendency to get into trouble and to sometimes say or do the wrong thing . Also, I think I share her enthusiasm for life in general and her wild imagination as well as her passion for learning, among other things. What about you guys?
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Post by Lu on Jan 8, 2007 16:19:11 GMT -5
When I was a child I identified with Jo March (Little Women) because of her love for reading, her independence and she is not very patient (like me ) but tries to improve her temper (as I always try to do)! I've an older brother and I also identified with Scout (To kill a mockingbird) because of her relation with her brother Jem. My brother and I weren't exactly as Jem and Scout but I could perfectly understand Scout's feelings!
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Post by Isa on Jan 8, 2007 19:54:32 GMT -5
haha I think in some ways I identified with Anne Shirley too. I definitely said and did things I shouldn't have and I love learning like she did. I don't think I had such a temper though That's another thing I forgot to mention - I did have such a temper!! I was, hem, quite explosive as a child, but I've learned to tame that down, just like Anne did really
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Post by Dominique on Jan 9, 2007 6:06:14 GMT -5
I can identify with Anne as well, although I haven't read the books, only seen the Megan Fellows movie. I actually found an old anne book in the garage the other day so I am going to read it soon. But I have redish blondish hair (less so now that I've lightened the top half a bit) and I do have quite a temper when provoked. I can also really identify with how ambitious and stubborn she is.
I could really identify with the main female character in The Handmaid's Tale, even though she's living in a science fiction society. There are probably quite a few Atwood characters I identify with, something about her voice coming through the characters is really appealing to me.
Umm who else, Esther in the Bell Jar until she gets a bit more mental.
I could even identify with Madame Bovary a bit when her behaviour wasn't too ridiculous.
There's more but I'll try to think harder later.
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jan 9, 2007 7:58:39 GMT -5
When I was younger, I most identified with Betsy in the Betsy, Tacy, and Tib books by Maud Heart Lovelace. She was close with her family, very curious, and her friends were very dear to her.
Recently I've identified most with authors in memoirs, I'm not sure if that counts. Haven Kimmel in "A Girl Named Zippy" reminds me of my attitude and personality as a kid, and in "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life" by Amy Krouse Rosenthal I think "yes, that's me too!" on almost every page.
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Post by cauthoncrazy on Jan 9, 2007 15:07:08 GMT -5
I identified with Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. I felt like the female version of Stephen.
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Post by lostgirl on Jan 19, 2007 1:12:32 GMT -5
Jo March in Little Women (we're both writers) Beth March in Little Women (in temperment) Anne Shirley (in all the Anne books but especially the early ones) Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre Frannie in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Post by czarval on Jan 20, 2007 1:55:21 GMT -5
I used to think I was like Anne Shirley. Now I think she's just the person I wanted to be, same with Elizabeth Bennett. Now I think I'm more like Lyra from the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
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Post by neh on Jan 20, 2007 19:44:59 GMT -5
*sobbing* Everyone's taken mine! And i always felt so special about feeling such an affinity with these characters. Oh well! We're all special; this is a special forum! *big cheesy grin* I'm undoubtedly a strong mix of YOUNG Anne (i'm nuts and verbose and a romantic at heart), Jo (love my books and writing, get fiery over some things, like to be indepedant), Beth (i like helping out when i can, i clean lots, i tend to avoid arguements and try to settle them instead, i'm often ill ...... actually, i find that my sister and i make up the four March girls with me being a combo of Jo and Beth, and her Meg and Amy), Fanny from Mansfield Park because she likes to write and is quietly rebellious and a character named Ember in an Isobelle Carmody novel, because she is unwell and has to face the daily challenge of accepting her life as it is. I'd wish to be more like the characters of Jane Eyre or Lizzy Bennet, but alas - i am not!
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Post by bookaddict on Jan 21, 2007 13:34:38 GMT -5
I think I identified with Laura Ingalls. I read the books, and loved the show. I loved the family morals, the small town and country upbringing. I also come from a small town in the country and I felt like I could relate. I loved Laura and Almonzo's relationship. Laura was smart and outgoing, I really loved her spirit.
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Post by Dominique on Jan 23, 2007 3:39:26 GMT -5
This is off topic but I finally found my hardcover, gold embossed copy of both little women and little men in one! I've never read it because I was too young for it when it was given to me, but now I'll be able to
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Post by neh on Jan 23, 2007 16:45:52 GMT -5
Lovely!!!! Great classics in pretty form ..... sigh!
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Post by dreamer112 on Jan 28, 2007 22:39:31 GMT -5
Anne Shirly because I get in trouble a lot (not major trouble but for not paying attention or things like that), and her imagination. Jo March for he love of reading and her temper. Elizabeth Bennent for her attitude and tomboyishness. and Scout for her relationship with her brother and her hatred of rules as well as her tomboyishness.
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Post by bookworm148 on Jan 29, 2007 22:20:55 GMT -5
Jo March from Little Women: I love to read and write like her. I used to write my own plays as well.
Elizabeth Bennett: Witty, Smart, denying that she likes someone. Her attitude. I also used to be tomboyish like her.
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