Favorite characters in literature.
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The character that I've used so many times as a screenname.
<-- Though in the Silmarillion, it's spelled Fëanor, but I'm too lazy to try to put that ë in there every time.
How many characters in any books have made something that the Gods themselves approve of them. Not even just approve of them, but they put the freaking light of the world into them. That's just about as high praise as one can get. And he wounded Morgoth. If only I were as badass as he...
<-- Though in the Silmarillion, it's spelled Fëanor, but I'm too lazy to try to put that ë in there every time.
How many characters in any books have made something that the Gods themselves approve of them. Not even just approve of them, but they put the freaking light of the world into them. That's just about as high praise as one can get. And he wounded Morgoth. If only I were as badass as he...
I like Yossarian from Catch-22. Even though he's totally insane himself in many ways, his character stands out as being the most reasonable among them all. And almost EVERYONE in the book who's given a name, and even some who aren't, become point of view characters at some point.
EDIT: And the nameless main character from Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. His character does a complete 180 out of left field, and it's still awesome.
EDIT: And the nameless main character from Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. His character does a complete 180 out of left field, and it's still awesome.
Dr. Munoz, from Cool Air, for the way he was able to cheat death using a relatively logical method. Also, Rorschach, for how bluntly efficient he is about everything. There were others, but they've already been said.
Tiebreaker:DrX_1030 said:
Awesome Levels
Tyler: Over Nine-thousand
Jesus: Over Nine-thousand
Tie
Accomplishments
Tyler: Became the leader of a city-wide terrorist organization
Jesus: Became the leading figure of a major world religion
Jesus Wins
Death
Tyler: Can die, and will die
Jesus: He comes back three days later
Jesus Wins: Fatality
Seriously analyzing what I believe literature to be (not the true definition as you would find in a dictionary or wikipedia admittedly) I think some manga's and comic's fall under the category.I_LIKE_CAKE said:
Again I feel the need to give the example of Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles", whilst a comic it replaces the artwork and pretty pictures that generally define the genre and shine the spotlight on masterful prose and narrative. I believe this work would stand against any book from any author merely on it written merits, the pictures serve to further enhance the story painting a picture literally.
Manga's such as 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa and Ode to Kirihito by Osama Tezuka also are classed as literature by my definition but other manga's such as One Piece and Naruto - whilst incredibly popular - are not.
I should add that no Stephen King book is classified as literature and neither is anything by Dan Brown.
Thanks for mentioning Atticus Finch, I was losing hope for humanity there for a second. I consider him probably the greatest hero in American Literature, and damn well portrayed by Gregory Peck...stompy said:
Hey, no problems, Atticus is awesome. Also, I watched the movie, and Gregory Peck was an amazing actor in the shoes of Atticus (I loved how he acted during the court room scene... it's a shame they can never use that court room scene again).SkinnySlim said:
