Book meme- Day 27

[scripsi]

27. Want to be one of the characters.

As a very young child, I wanted to be Alice in Alice in Wonderland. When I was 13 I wanted to be Jane in Jane Eyre. I was quiet and artistic and felt very plain, so I identified a lot with her. Also, then I thought Mr. Rochester was incredibly romantic. Nowadays I still love Jane, but I don’t care for Mr. Rochester at all. Then, when I was 14, I read Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, and got to know Harriet Vane. If I have to name one literary character which has had an actual impact on who I am today, then it’s her. I admired her independence, her struggle for self-worth, her truthfulness and her quirky sense of dress. I’m not her, of course, but she set up an ideal which I have tried to live after. I think I could have chosen worse role models.

Comments

[lucymorningstar]

I think being Alice from Alice in Wonderland would be terrifying.

I still kind of want to be Lucy Pevensie from the Narnia series. I was named after her because my parents loved the stories and luckily I fell in love with them as well. Can you imagine the awe and wonder at stepping through a wardrobe and discovering Narnia?

I'd also kind of like to be Hermione Granger - but think I'm probably Neville Longbottom!

[thisbluespirit]

I think I could have chosen worse role models.

I think so too. <3

[chelseagirl]

You and I have all those in common.