Which character in all of literature do you relate to most?

For me I would have to say Ron (not just cause he’s in HP but over all). I come from a large family with not much money, a bit of a smart arse, ok at school but didn’t excel. I married a woman smarter than me. I’m not as hot headed but over all I see myself as a Ron than any other.

 

I'm a rather tall fellow (~5'19"ish) and always been taller than my peers growing up, so I've always felt a certain kinship with tall characters in fiction which has made the trend of tiny, unassuming protagonists a little annoying. Beyond that I've never been a reader who has felt any particular need or desire to identify with the characters I'm reading about.

 

There's this guy called Dogman in Joe Abercrombie's First Law world who always has to piss just the moment before the battle begins - when it's already too late. Now, my battles are not as literal and bloody, but the general problem is about the same.

Besides that, even though he's never the main character through the books, I've always felt like I understood the guy up to the point where I find myself nodding along as he speak.

It's always side characters for me. I guess I'm not protagonist material.

 

My favorite heroine of the fairy tale is Gerda from the work of H. H. Andersen "The Snow Queen". She is responsive, kind and courageous. These qualities helped her save Kai from the captivity of the Snow Queen and melt the pieces of ice in his heart.

The heroine was friends with Kai, a neighbor's boy. But a fragment of a poisonous mirror hit him, so he began to see only the bad in the world. The Snow Queen found him on the street and took him with her, because now his heart was as cold as hers. Having lost a friend, Gerda went to his rescue. On the way, trials awaited her, she was captured several times, but this did not break her. What I like most about her is the strength of the spirit. Thanks to her, the weak girl defeated powerful magic. She escaped from the magic garden, did not stay in the rich castle, survived among the robbers.

Everywhere people saw her kindness and openness, politeness and good breeding. Therefore, they willingly helped her find a friend. Good people always want to help, especially in a noble cause. So she got to the Snow Queen's castle and freed Kai. Her love melted the ice in his heart.

 

I think my immediate reaction would be a good guy, but I’ve started a story about Danzo from Naruto like twenty times. There is something about his patriotism at all costs, and his willingness to do whatever it takes that has always spoken to me. He’s a sort of evil who didn’t start evil, but just kept on making the hard choice until he turned into a monster.