Do you have any favorite book characters? I do.

I LOVE Karen from BabySitters's Little Sister book. I love that girl!:D I connect with her so much. I got mad because in one book, she threw up in the bus and the "big kids" made fun of her every day for throwing up and they called her "pukehead" and "big baby.".:( :mad: I was like, "Leave her alone!":mad: Can you imagine feeling that way with a character? I also felt her dilemma when she let her injured friend borrow her expensive new doll that came from LONDON(VERY EXPENSIVE) and the friend didn't want to give it back, because she thought it was given to her. So Karen liked to her mom and told her that the doll was at her dad's house.(Karen's parents are divorced). The mom believed her, and Karen later wondered, "What would happen if mommy found out that not only did I lie to her about the doll, but Nancy won't give it back?"(Her exact words). I was like, :( I sympathized with her.

There was one book that karen got on my nerves a little. Her baby sister(Her dad and her stepmom's adopted daughter) kept crying because she had an ear infection. Karen thought, "All Emily did was cry and rub her ear. She was very annoying. Everybody keeps paying attention to her, and almost nobody paid attention to me." I was like, "Shut up! She's in pain!":rolleyes: :mad: I was upset that she was annoyed by her sister who was suffering.

Father Karris from The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

I have several:

Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Scout Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jem Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Dill Harris - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Boo Radley - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Owen Meany - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Charles Wallace Murry - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murry - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Calvin O'Keefe - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Mrs Whatsit - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Seymour Glass - Raise High the Roof Beam, Carptenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J. D. Salinger
Buddy Glass - Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J. D. Salinger

Henry Green from Chocolate Fever :D
Slyvia Avery from Dreamworld
Charlie from The Perks of Being A Wallflower

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Holden Caufield, Catcher in the Rye

Harry Potter & The Baudelaire Orphans.

Laura Ingalls- The Little House series

Alexander McKeag and Levi & Ellie Zendt- Centennial

Henry Green from Chocolate Fever :D

It that the book where the kid turns his mom into chocolate?

Mia Thermopolis from The Princess Diaries.

Hermione Granger - Harry Potter
Charlie/Grandpa Joe - Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Matilda - Matilda

It that the book where the kid turns his mom into chocolate?

No, that was the book called "The Chocolate Touch.":D :cool: If you read TCT, you will see that it is just a modern day situation of King Midas. Some kid wished everything he touched would turn into chocolate, and he kisses his mom, and she turns into chocolate. Much like King Midas, who wished everything he touched would turn into gold, and he ended up turning his daughter into gold.

Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley
Ginny Weasley
Sirius Black
Professor Dumbledore
Hagrid

Princess Diaries
Mia Thermopolis

To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finch
Jem Finch
Atticus Finch
Boo Radley

I'm sure there are more...

Bridget- The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants

Carrie- Carrie

The narrator from Rita Hayworth and the Shankshaw Redemption

Antonia- Define Normal

Jupiter Jones from the Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators series.

Nancy Drew from any of the old Nancy Drew Books
Ponyboy from The Outsiders
Rusty James from Rumblefish
Peter and Fudge from Super Fudge
Jane from The Girl's Guide To Hunting and Fishing

Mine are:
Jesus- The Bible
Amelia Badelia- From Amelia Badelia books (not sure on spelling)
Anne Shirly- Anne of Green Gables
Lisa Whelchel- From her Bio Facts of life and other lessons my father taught me
Nancy Drew- From Nancy Drew books
Brian- from Gary Paulsen's book Hatchet

Because I just finished reading it again, I'm going to pick Velvet Brown from
Enid Bagnold's classic "National Velvet." (I also liked the movie and TV series.)

The girls/women in Ya Ya Sisterhood

The Anna Pigeon character in Nevada Barr's books.
The Jack Reacher character in Lee Childs books.
The Thomas character in Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas books.

I like Mr. Tumnus, and Lucy Pevensie from the Chronicles of Narnia.
(Not only great characters, themselves, but the great friendship they have for each other.)


I also like Mark Twain, as himself, in Roughing it.
(He is absolutely hilarious)

I also enjoy Kay Scarpetta from the Patricia Cornwell books, and Crowley, Aziraphale, and Anathema from Good Omens.

Christy Huddleston and Dr. Neil MacNeill - Christy by Catherine Marshall

Angel and Michael - Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

All the characters in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne series, and all the characters in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series

Holden Caufield form the catcher in the rye. He was just so entertaining. They should make a movie out of that book but that's another story.

I like Mr. Tumnus, and Lucy Pevensie from the Chronicles of Narnia.
(Not only great characters, themselves, but the great friendship they have for each other.)



I agree I loved the chronicals, I read the entire series one summer

My other pick would be

Tom Bombadil - Lord of the Rings

Holden Caufield form the catcher in the rye. He was just so entertaining. They should make a movie out of that book but that's another story.
He was very interesting and entertaining. If a movie was ever made of Catcher in the Rye, they'd probably really screw it up.

Vera Claythorne- And Then There Were None
Hugo Hamilton- And Then There Were None
Rhett Butler- Gone With the Wind
Professor Lupin- Harry Potter
Sirius Black- Harry Potter
Two-Bit- The Outsiders
Jacqueline de Bellefort- Death On the Nile
Hercule Poirot- Death On the Nile

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair or Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Two of the best heroines in English lit that really weren't all that nice ;)

But my personal favorite is Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey. I once wrote a 15-page paper on how great of a character she was. Stupid, not very pretty, overly-sentimental, and so loveable!

And then of course there's Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice and her reincarnation, Bridget Jones.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair or Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Two of the best heroines in English lit that really weren't all that nice ;)

But my personal favorite is Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey. I once wrote a 15-page paper on how great of a character she was. Stupid, not very pretty, overly-sentimental, and so loveable!

And then of course there's Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice and her reincarnation, Bridget Jones.
Yes, how could I forget Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy??

He was very interesting and entertaining. If a movie was ever made of Catcher in the Rye, they'd probably really screw it up.
If they did make a movie they should've made it in the mid 80's sean penn would've been perfect for the role.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair or Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Two of the best heroines in English lit that really weren't all that nice ;)


yeah, i didn't really mind Scarlett, I personally liked her much better than Mellie. I know I must seem really mean, but those oh so innocent characters just aren't real enough for me! like tiny tim in Dicken's classic...
i don't dislike them, but i just don't find them believable.

Some faves from earlier days:

Jonas from The Giver...
The whole cast of the short-lived California Diaries series (a BSC spinoff of sorts)...
Mrs. Pigglewiggle...
And my all-time fave, Junie B. Jones

As can be seen, I'm kinda a kid at heart... :)

Ramona B. Quimby was always my favorite. I loved reading the Ramona books as a kid!!

Aw, yeah, I was a fan of the Ramona books too. Good stuff. Ahhh, the younger years..... :)

The Ramona books rule!! I still have mine, and I'm 27. :D

The Ramona books rule!! I still have mine, and I'm 27. :D

That's cool!! :cool: I wish I still had mine!!

I'll echo Holden (from Catcher in the Rye), Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), and Hermione (Harry Potter).

I'll add:

Emma Corrigan (Shopaholic series)
Howard Roark (Fountainhead)