{"id":5519,"date":"2006-10-27T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T17:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2015-05-24T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T13:44:46","slug":"fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5519","title":{"rendered":"Fiction Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Which fictional character frightens you the most? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cathy from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0140186395\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0140186395&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=GXVLY3XQAOUF4NX4\">East of Eden<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0140186395\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>.  She haunts me.  I&#8217;ve written about her multiple times &#8211; usually in other contexts (here &#8211; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1614\">a post about Leslie van Houten<\/a>.  And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2390\">here<\/a>.  That one started with a discussion about Scott Peck&#8217;s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0684848597\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0684848597&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=X2CKF7JXN4LYZH7N\">People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0684848597\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>)  My fascination with Cathy is akin to my fascination with Stalin.  It&#8217;s hard to look away from people like those two.<\/p>\n<p><b>Which fictional parents do you most wish you had? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Maybe Mr. and Mrs. Murry in <i>Wrinkle in Time<\/i>.  Or &#8211; to go further down in that family: Meg and Calvin in the rest of the books.  They seemed like pretty cool parents.<\/p>\n<p><b>Which fictional character has the most balls?  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>I guess Captain Ahab is coming to mind.<\/p>\n<p><b>To which fictional character?s house would you most like to be invited for dinner? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Professor&#8217;s house in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0064404994\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0064404994&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=FBPEFY627MIYZJJ6\">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0064404994\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>If you could invite 3 fictional couples to your home for dinner, who would they be? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leopold and Molly Bloom &#8211; now THAT would be interesting<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Klayman and Josef Kavalier from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812983580\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0812983580&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=X76LEBAE4YPT37XW\">The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &#038; Clay<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0812983580\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i> &#8211; I know they&#8217;re not a couple &#8211; but they go together in my mind &#8230; maybe they would bring along Rosa &#8230; The three of them, actually, qualify as a &#8220;couple&#8221; &#8211; 3 of my favorite characters of all time<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Denoon and &#8230; nameless woman (uhm &#8211; more on them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5502\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Which fictional character could probably entice you into his\/her bed? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yossarian.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Which fictional character would most likely have broken your heart?  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nelson Denoon<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Darcy too.  <\/p>\n<p><b>In which fictional character?s home would you most like to live?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lake Mistawis &#8211; Barney Snaith&#8217;s house on the island in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1402289367\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1402289367&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=VSLLYDWVHO3K57VM\">The Blue Castle<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1402289367\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Close second:  Kerewin&#8217;s tower on the beach in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0140089225\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0140089225&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=5IHA4JWMR6OG5JIB\">The Bone People: A Novel<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0140089225\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>I got this fun meme <a href=\"http:\/\/everythinginbetween.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/22\/endings-and-beginnings\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which fictional character frightens you the most? Cathy from East of Eden. She haunts me. I&#8217;ve written about her multiple times &#8211; usually in other contexts (here &#8211; in a post about Leslie van Houten. And here. 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