Favourite Literary Character

[Yggdrasil]

The title sums up my question rather nicely, no? I'm curious as to what literary characters you all find most endearing-- be it the character's attitude, their behaviour, their eccentricities, etc etc..

Me personally, I'd have to say Ignatius J. Reilly, the morbidly obese, self-absorbed, neurotic, hysterical, eccentric, perverted antihero of late author John Kennedy Toole's book 'A Confederacy of Dunces'. I do think it's the funniest thing I've ever read. The author uses dialogue to such a brilliant tee that you can't help from bursting out laughing when Ignatius decides to start shouting out his latest rants about anything from child dancers to movie flicks. The character, Ignatius, is just absolutely swell; brilliant.

Note: On a deeper level, I figure I see my own personality in Ignatius', and while that is rather humorous to entertain as a though, it's a bit off putting to know :/

How 'bouts y'all?

EDIT: Oh hell my bad; inb4HoldenCaulfield100x

[Machine Messiah]

Humbert Humbert FTW

[Mantikore]

Edmond Dantes. I could really connect to that guy, how he was betrayed, his development, fueled by a single purpose.

If we're talking about literary badasses, i would nominate Aloysius Knight from Scarecrow

[Metafire]

Roland Deschain (Or Roland of Gilead) from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. He just seems to me like a fatherly sort of figure, but not in the conventional way. Iunno.

[Lord Reptilian]

Sutpen

[Kykeon]

Lucifer. He's quite an intriguing character that evokes both sympathy (for his attack against a raging tyrant) and antipathy (for his unrelenting evil and hatred of humanity) at the same time. He's something of an anti-villain in my mind.

Another great character is Dr. Benway. He's from many different William S. Burroughs novels. He's a doctor in the mad scientist vein, but written in that ridiculous WSB style so he is very entertaining.

[Lawlexander]

Hank the Cowdog

[M. Samuel Chevalier]

Milo Minderbinder

[PROJECT PAT]

Holden Caulfield.

[Euda]

Gatsby and Dunstan Ramsay.

[RosettaStoned]

I would have to say Yossarian from Catch-22. Definitely my favorite character of all time.

[Qhost]

I dont have "favourites" but ones I like above others are Mark Renton from trainspotting, Professer Penneysworth from Mortal Engines and maybe Jason Bourne from The Bourne Idenity.

[Azure]

Winston Smith.

[Vizier]

Randall Flagg.

[LiquidIce]

Yossarian too :p. Odin from the Younger Edda, Pilot Pirx from Lem's sci-fi's too. And Bukowski's character.

[Cliche Guevara]

Im gonna have to go with Harry Haller.

[supperrfreek]

I like Dwayne Hoover and Willy Loman. Two salesmen that lose it because they can't pursue happiness right.

[kfc v lot]

I would have to say off the top of my head probably Ford Prefect, the name alone brings a smile.

[Mor3BL7]

Hmm I dont know what to say here.

[Rocko]

Randall Flagg.

Hehehe. :thumbsup:

Me, it's gotta be Dirk Pitt and his NUMA gang. :cool:

[Spier1200]

the fool from the farseer trilogy

[shopping cart for brains]

Phineas from A Separate Peace.

[Carbonbased]

Edmond Dantes. I could really connect to that guy, how he was betrayed, his development, fueled by a single purpose.


^Fucking this^, He basically comes back from the dead and fucks shit up:cool:

Also the narrator from fight club why not?

[Misguided Russian]

Cacciato from Going After Cacciato

Fucker decides to walk from Vietnam to France :eek:

[Jitsu6500]

Tyler Durden.

[Nostalgia]

Logan Tom

[winstoncaufield]

I would have to say Yossarian from Catch-22. Definitely my favorite character of all time.

Very good character I must say.

My username is actually a portmanteau of my two favorite character's names. Anyone care to guess?

[Sir Cornwell]

Lord Miles Vorkosigan of Barryar

[Creepshow]

Socrates.

[Nerd Fangs]

Patrick Bateman.

[Dose Me]

Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect (All Guide characters are lovable)

Siddhartha from Herman Hesse's book with the same title.

[Konglomo]

Dorian Gray since he was able to live a life of pleasure and was able to abandon his morals without censure for nearly two decades. Even though he ended up offing himself because of his sins.

[Phlegm!]

Very good character I must say.

My username is actually a portmanteau of my two favorite character's names. Anyone care to guess?

lol Winston Smith and Holden Caulfield - 1984, Catcher in the Rye.

who's your daddy, bRAH?

my favourite character is Raskolnikov...

[bobapanbeers]

Wolf Larsen from the Sea Wolf

[dirtyangelswithfaces]

Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse

[supperrfreek]

Edmund Dantes as was said earlier, and-to an extent-Nick Gatsby.

[The Cooler King]

Philip Marlowe.

[not me]

James Fucking Bond.