Yes
Yes. As for representing something animate, I would say yes. And “he” is appropriate.
I’m going to correct my reply to @dirtball
Would it be most closely associated with a single character in the book?
He is a character in a book but in the way you followed up with including “possession” then the answer to this question is yes.
You seem to have missed this question.
Not a vehicle.
And to add on to
Does “he never existed” simply mean that “he” is from a book and not real life?
He is from the book and as I said before, it was done in the style as to make people believe he was a real historical figure.
Is this a single book? Two books? A trilogy? A series?
Was the book, or any of the series published:
- before 1900
- 1900-1910
- 1911-1920
- 1921-1930
- 1931-1940?
- 1940-2000?
- After 2001?
Was the book originally published in English?
Is the author American?
One book published after 2001
Yes
You’re assuming there is only one author.
I’m having a hard time getting my head around this. I have a guess that involves a published inanimate object termed “he” that travels, but I can’t think of a broader clarifying question.
Does it have to do with Flat Stanley?
Good guess but no.
Is the book a collaboration?
Is it a novel?
A graphic novel?
Some other format?
Co-authors.
Rather than going through all possibilities looking for a “yes”, it is probably best described as a coffee table book.
Where’s Waldo?
Nope. Waldo is not in this puzzle.
Here’s a hint for the three-day weekend (in the US).
I said earlier he went MIA during World War I. He was thought to be captured by the Germans leading many to speculate that that was the reason for German technological advances between WW1 and WW2.
Is it representing a human figure? An alien? An animal? A robot? An intelligent inanimate object, such as Herbie? A normally inanimate object that behaves like a living creature, such as Pixar Cars?
The best way to answer this. It is a robot representing a human figure.
But which one?
Is the character famous outside of this one book? Have they ever appeared in anything else?
So, just to be clear, it is an inanimate object, representing an animate object, and the object being represented is a robot, is that correct?
So, it’s something similar to a C3PO action figure, and not C3PO himself?
And the robot looks human? It resembles a specific human, or just human-like generally?
If a specific person, is it a real-world historical person?
Yes they have.
Let me clarify “inanimate” as there is a bit of equivocation. The character in question is inanimate in that it is not alive (since it is a robot) but it is animate in that it moves on its own. So it is not an action figure but a real robot. And no, it is not C3PO.
It is roughly generally human shaped but not a specific human.
Additional hint: He was built with a helmet and there is a reason (in universe) for this.
Was he a golem? Or Frankenstein’s monster?