The 101 most influential fictional characters–I think Santa Claus and King Arthur would be in my top 10 list of most influential on me. Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Hercule Poirot–I’m not sure who else to name. What about you?
The 101 most influential fictional characters–I think Santa Claus and King Arthur would be in my top 10 list of most influential on me. Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Hercule Poirot–I’m not sure who else to name. What about you?
Well let’s not forget Samwise Gamgee. As I’ve gotten older and read and reread the books, I am more and more struck by the beauty of Sam’s character.
Let’s see…
For me –
Elizabeth Bennett
Father Tim
Jeeves and Wooster – they influence me to laugh…a lot!
Ender Wiggin
When I was young…
Betsy in the Betsy Tacy books
Laura Ingalls – though not exactly fictional
Jo in Little Women
Whoa. I just read the list. Color me dim but it didn’t occur to me to include movie characters – I was just thinking literature! I still wouldn’t have named any that were on the list though.
My list in the comments (mostly, but not entirely tongue-in-cheek) was:
Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gregor Samsa
Old Ben Gunn
Mundo Cani
I forgot to mention Porkypine from Pogo.
Gussie?! *snort* A handy man with a newt are you? 😉
Ha! How is Gussie Fink-Nottle an influence on you? You haven’t follow his example in making an address to school boys, have you?
That’s a rather strange list. The Marlboro Man??!! I thought he was former SD congressman Clint Roberts, though maybe the MM is just a character that Roberts played.
It’s possible, though not certain, that St. Valentine was a real person. And St. Nicholas of Myra was a real person, though definitely nothing like Santa Claus.
By “the American cowboy” I assume they mean the Hollywood stereotype, since there were many real cowboys, and still are some.
I was going to say, stormily, that Hiawatha was a real person, but I see on Wikipedia that Longfellow’s Hiawatha was fictionalized.
So I guess some of the entries are fictionalized versions of real people, so I can stop blustering.
I agree with blestwithsons on Sam Gamgee. He’s my favorite hobbit.
Sorry, I forgot to close my link on the previous comment.
I fixed your link.
Yes, Santa Claus is definately not St. Nicholas of the early church.
I forgot to add Tom Bombadil to my list. He has had an influence on me. I’ve tried to make a decent melody to his songs–don’t know if I’ve succeeded.
I 2nd Jeeves and Bertie. Also add C. Auguste Dupin of the Poe mysteries.