Nathan Bransford asked a few posts ago, “If you could be a character in any book, who would it be?”
He had a lot of responses, some I was close to wishing for, but to this day, I still can’t think of who I would want to be. It seemed most responses leaned to fantasy, entering a netherworld of some sort. The closest I could imagine would be a character in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. But that was chocolate inspired—not character,
I also thought I’d want to be Garrison Keillor, but he’s a real person. And the more I thought, the more “real” people I came up with. I also came up with characters that I identified with, but still I wouldn’t want to be them. I identify with Forrest Gump (in the book more than the movie) because of the mishaps he creates (see last post), and when I do something stupid, I say to myself, “I is just an idiot.” But I would not want to be him.
What about you? Is there a character you would want to be? Identify with?
I would like to be Huckleberry Finn. I prefer him over Tom Sawyer because I don’t care to lead. Huck was self sufficient and had a life full of adventures. The only draw back is the lack of an education and even the desire although he was smart where it counted.
Jeremy,
Welcome and thanks for visiting. Huck is a fine choice. I would love to have lived in those times. But then I’d have to use an old typewriter to write my book.
I want to be “Stargirl”. I want freedom from the conformities of life, freedom to be my own person and dance to my own tune. I want to perform random acts of kindness for complete strangers. I want to experience the carefree existence of living without clocks in my home, or on my wrist or in my purse. I want to wear what I want, without feeling out of place or inappropriately dressed for the occasion.
Stargirl sounds doable. I’m afraid I don’t know who she is, but her character feels familiar.
I wouldnt have a clue! All of the books i read are acting books so they’re instructional manuals.
Maybe Jesus. Mum says that reading the bible is good for me and its the only one i can think of. Being jesus would be great! Although, he dies at the end, so maybe not that great.
But still, it would be a fun time anyway!
I hope your weekend was lovely, Tricia!
Bob
Jesus is a good one. Probably not a good fit for you. You’ve been whipped enough. 🙂
LOSTL! True. Anything that doesnt bring me down will help me up again. Mum says that. I dont quite understand it, but im sure jesus had the same idea!
Bob
Wow Tricia, what a great question! I had to think about this one a lot. At first I thought of someone heroic, like in Lord of the Rings or even Harry Potter. But they had to deal with a lot of fighting & death, which I’m not really into. I could only imagine myself huddled into a corner, snot nosed, being attacked by orcs or wizards.
Ultimately, I decided on Winnie the Pooh. He lives a fairly carefree life, & being a stuffed animal & all might be cool. It’d give me a reason to stop working out so much. I often times wish I could just sit down with a large jar of honey & finally let myself go.
Oh, great minds. I, too thought of Winnie the Pooh. What a simple bear. He totally gets away with being fat and lazy and is cuter for it. Instead, I feel like cranky Rabbit.
This is an interesting question. Unfortunately, I can’t think of an answer. How boring am I?
That’s okay, Linda. It just means you’re exciting. Why step into a roll if it means stepping down.
No, try as I might, I can’t think of one character that I would like to be. As a kid I loved loads of books with characters I wanted to be but adult characters are much harder…a truly thought-provoking question…!
Being an adult zapps the fun out of make-believe.
Hermione Granger. She’s smart, witty, and brave.
She is, and cute, too. Oh, and there’s the magic. Good choice.
What an interesting question! One I have no idea as to the answer…but I am certain to be thinking about it for days to come.
Hopefully, you don’t obsess as I have done. For awhile I could think of nothing else. Still, I came up blank.
Okay great, so I’m not the only one who couldn’t come up with an answer….I could be all corny and say I don’t want to be someone else just want to be ME…
I don’t think it’s corny. As much as I’d like to complain about myself, I’d rather be me than anything. Though, I still haven’t given up trying to come up with an alternative. I do lean to magic. If there is a charcater that can make dreams come true, hers and others, then that’s who I want to be.
It would be fun to be snow white but only on that day when the birds were dressing her in the woods while she was singing….
I’d also LOVE to be Aretha Franklin for a day. A day she was singing….
Oh, hey, I guess what I’d really like is to be able to sing….
…..nevermind
I think I’d rather be Aretha than Miss White. I don’t think I could live in the same house with seven dirty little men. I already live with one regular-sized dirty man and that is enough for me.
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