Which fictional character frightens you the most?
Cathy from East of Eden
Which fictional parents do you most wish you had?
Maybe Mr. and Mrs. Murry in Wrinkle in Time. Or – to go further down in that family: Meg and Calvin in the rest of the books. They seemed like pretty cool parents.
Which fictional character has the most balls?
I guess Captain Ahab is coming to mind.
To which fictional character?s house would you most like to be invited for dinner?
The Professor’s house in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
If you could invite 3 fictional couples to your home for dinner, who would they be?
Leopold and Molly Bloom – now THAT would be interesting
Samuel Klayman and Josef Kavalier from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Nelson Denoon and … nameless woman (uhm – more on them here)
Which fictional character could probably entice you into his/her bed?
Yossarian.
Which fictional character would most likely have broken your heart?
Nelson Denoon
Mr. Darcy too.
In which fictional character?s home would you most like to live?
Lake Mistawis – Barney Snaith’s house on the island in The Blue Castle
Close second: Kerewin’s tower on the beach in The Bone People: A Novel
I got this fun meme here!
I am currently in the process of re-reading Wrinkle in Time…wow, what a great story. I can’t tell you the number of people that have walked into my classroom during the past couple of days and commented on that book. Especially my Physics students, WOW! Mr W. you’re reading that? Doesn’t that have some cool physics stuff in it? It’s funny how you can sometimes make connections.
You comment on the parents Mr. and Mrs. Murray is really interesting. i agree and I think it based upon the way it’s written. I love the way Madeleine L’Engle explains the most basic situations. You can feel how the kids react to their parents, and how we all wish (or do) feel the same way about ours. The way that Meg smiles when she talks about her father, or sobs at missing him. Or the whole kitchen in the middle of the night scene, when Charles asks his mom if she would love to have a sandwich made for her and reassuring his sister that she’s ok with a hot cup of cocoa. Just great writing!
Oh man – that whole kitchen on a stormy night scene … just … even though I don’t like liverwurst sandwiches, the way she described it SO made me want to just be there!!
One of the other quesitons was about which house you would want to live in…well, I must say any house with a built in laboratory is o.k. in my book!! Even though, that house would remind me more of a haunted New England colonial…just what I pictured, but still fun to live in.
Yeah, liverwurst is not big on my list of eats. Man, I could taste that hot cocoa though! You could just smell the food, feel the anxiousness of Meg, and how she just felt better once Mom and Charles were there. I also enjoyed how Mom was still refered to Ms. Murray by L’Engle. Of course when Ms Whatsit shows up…what a HOOT! Sorry, I could talk about this book all DAY!!
Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist scared the bejeesus out of me in the musical. Does that count? Nicola Six in Martin Amis’ London Fields too. Yikes.
bren –
Bill Sikes in that damn musical was truly terrifying not to mention his creepy dog with the crooked legs.
chuck – I could talk about that book all day too. One of my all time favorites.
And Fortinbras growling on the rug …
God, I loved the names in those books. Fortinbras…incredible, it sounds like it belongs on a take charge kind of animal, actually means “strong armed”. Then you read Hamlet, and understand why the name for the dog.
What about the eerie way Ms. Which spoke? And the the first encounter Meg has with the “Dark Thing”. Chilling!!
Madeleine L’Engle is a bright and gifted woman. She recently wrote a self-reflective book. Did you read it?
Captain Ahab DEFINITELY has the most balls of any fictional character! Who else would strike the sun if it insulted him?
Stephen Maturin has Teh Balz, fer sure. Any man who operates on himself has got “it.”