Was there ever a literary character which inspired you enough that it reshaped who you were?

The Red Raider. (And I will shoot anyone that takes that seriously). There was a story about a kid that ran away from home and built a home inside of a tree that was read to us when I was very young and in school. It inspired my love of the outdoors and wandering in the woods. I just have never found the title to that book. Maybe My Side of the Mountain? I know wacked. But then again so am I.

Atticus Finch and Anne Shirley provided early guide posts to who I wanted to be like.

@Adirondackwannabe I was enthralled by that story, too. I fantasized about running away and leading that kind of life for a couple of years after reading that. And yes, that is the title.

Amélie Poulain

Charlie.

Jack the Ripper.

Ah, but was he fictional @ragingloli?

He was a character in many novels, so that qualifies him as a literary character.

@ragingloli Remind me never to attend a sleepover at your place.

@Adirondackwannabe
Worry not.
I would not kill you ^__^.
more than once

@ragingloli When your influence is a serial organ harvester it makes me wonder.

@Adirondackwannabe
Well, he is not the only influence.
there is also the Zodiac killer, Ted Bundy and Joseph Stalin

@Adirondackwannabe You left out the Marquis De Sade and The Impaler dude.

Miss Havisham.

@ZEPHYRA Oy!

Jo March and Elizabeth Bennett

Elizabeth Bennet. She made me admit that I’m different from my family, and that I have no reason to hide it. Be who you are whether society finds you appealing or not.

My 5 favorite literary characters are:
Ulysses
Hamlet
Scrooge
Pinocchio
Harry Potter

They all had character traits or tales that I found appealing. The one with the greatest influence on me was probably either Superman or Ulysses.

Lately, Harry Potter….

I got into the series late.

Gregor Samsa.

The unnamed narrator of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.