Topic 2:Who's your favorite literary character? Why is s/he your favorite? Do any of the other literary elements play into what made this character your favorite?
My favorite literary character is from the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I had to read this novel the summer before my senior year of highschool for my AP Literature/Language course. At first, I was not really excited about reading it, it did not look good, it looked boring. However, once I started reading it, I realized that it is a great novel. My favorite character from this novel and I guess my favorite literary character, is Catherine. She is the main characters’, Heathcliff’s, friend and his love. They become extremely close, however she ends up marrying someone else. She is my favorite because she tried to make everyone happy, in a sense. She married Edgar because it looked good to society, but secretly longed for Heathcliff. I feel she exemplifies many people today. Today, a lot of people only try to please society, when they should try to please themselves; and God of course. If Catherine had followed her true heart, then the story would be completely different. Catherine was a very complex character and I guess that is another reason why she is my favorite. The other characters, the setting, and the events that took place shaped Catherine, character wise. It took some time to figure her out and to figure out what she would do in any given situation. I do not think I would have enjoyed the novel as much if she was any less complex.
Rebecca M.
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