I have talked about Dexter the serial killer as a lovable character, but now who do you think is a lovable or memorable character, and what makes a character's qualities like that?
A tragic hero perhaps, like Macbeth, Oedipus, Hamlet, or Othello. Those are memorable characters because they fall from so far up.
The characters who are most real - Catcher in the Rye kid, because we can relate to them. Or maybe they were real people.
The characters with the righteous personality- who cannot do any evil... cough Harry Potter, ahem.
The characters who are inhuman- animals, or monsters like Edward Cullen- because they present the human extremes of perfections, or horror, (or resemble humans- like in satires...Animal Farm or Gulliver's travels).
The wise characters who teach us life lessons. Like the books by Mitch Albom.
Or the antagonist, because they are just so dynamic and interesting. And fun. Sometimes. Like Voldemort, he's a riot.
Or the character who turns evil. Plot twists are fun.
Some of my favorite books are Archangel, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, The Mediator, Ice, The Golden Compass series, Watership Down, the Silver Chalice, and the Giver. And I definitely need to read more. Now favorite character is harder, especially most memorable. And I would have to say...hmm...thinking....so difficult...it is...Is there even the most perfect character, who is so memorable? Is it Gatsby? Boo Radley? Does Jesus count? Dang...I guess it depends if its fiction or not. Or how powerful their voice is, even when the book ends.
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