# What literary character are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447 "2013-09-22T15:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/61 "2013-09-24T04:01:55Z")
And another Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/62 "2013-09-24T04:08:02Z")
You are Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. You are trusting and intensely loyal. You would go to the ends of the earth for your friends and would never betray them. Another Lucy here. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/63 "2013-09-24T04:14:24Z")
I got Galadriel. šŸ™‚ Which is pretty neat, because her name was the first one I thought of when I saw the thread title. But I wouldnā€™t come right out and say that; it would sound so presumptuous. But hey, the quiz said so, so there it is! ---
**Author:** ![claramorena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@claramorena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claramorena)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/64 "2013-09-27T23:15:33Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Am I the only Lucy so far? Nope, I got Lucy! Which is good since when I read the The Chronicles of Narnia series I did relate to her character. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/65 "2013-09-27T23:20:01Z")
Sam I Am ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/66 "2013-09-28T00:21:36Z")
> [@claramorena](#): > > Nope, I got Lucy! Which is good since when I read the The Chronicles of Narnia series I did relate to her character. Yay! Lucy! ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/67 "2013-09-28T00:58:51Z")
Yet, still another Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/68 "2013-09-28T01:29:32Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Am I the only Lucy so far? I am too. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/69 "2013-09-28T02:37:14Z")
You are Karen Blixen from the book Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen. You are a strong woman with an adventurous nature. You can hold your own and arenā€™t afraid to speak your mind. This is way cool because I loved the book and the movie. I just wish I was as adventurous as she was. She was my hero for years. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/70 "2013-09-28T18:14:45Z")
Gandalf. My wife is Hermione. From the sameness of the answers, I infer that there were not very many characters to choose from. Just for the record, we are both HUGE LOTR and Potter fans. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/71 "2013-09-28T18:22:56Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > Dirk Pitt hereā€¦ The irony is that years ago Clive Cussler, the creator of Pitt, came into the bookstore I was working at in Denver and autographed one of his books to me writing, ā€œTo TV time, my inspiration for Dirk Pitt!ā€ and signed his name. > > Up until now I thought that was how he signed all of his books. Now by taking this test, I find out he was being honest. Thatā€™s actually really neat and a nice thing for him to do. And not surprisingly I am yet another Sherlock Holmes _(or Hermione depending on gender selected)_. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/72 "2013-09-28T19:46:18Z")
Gandalf. Of the limited number of characters mentioned so far, that would be the most similar. The next closest would be Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/73 "2013-09-28T23:29:51Z")
Another Gandalf. [shrug]ā€¦never read LOTR SS ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/74 "2013-09-29T11:50:21Z")
And Sherlock. I was hoping theyā€™d have a Mr. Badger, but no luck. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/75 "2013-09-29T12:20:46Z")
Sherlock Holmes. Iā€™m the first one, right? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/76 "2013-09-29T15:02:53Z")
Iā€™m the only Superman so far it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Gladys\_Overnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gladys\_Overnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gladys_Overnow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/77 "2013-09-29T22:52:56Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > You are Eowyn from the trilogy The Lord of the Rings. You are a strong woman who will not compromise your values. You stand up for those who are misunderstood and you are not afraid to fight. You are unafraid of death and to some you may seem mysterious. > > Hate Tolkien, and havenā€™t read the trilogy despite several attempts. I got Eowyn too. This describes me to a tee. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/78 "2013-09-29T23:17:59Z")
Hermione. A couple years ago, as a joke, a couple of people who played a particular online video game decided to ā€œcastā€ Harry Potter with some of the other players. I ended up as Pansy Parkinson. She may be a loathsome person, but Iā€™d rather be Pansy any day than that uptight goody two-shoes Hermione Granger. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/79 "2013-10-01T11:09:25Z")
I got Superman. That would make me Superman III, I think. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447/80 "2013-10-01T11:49:13Z")
Iā€™m Sherlock too. But the questions donā€™t cover many possibilities e.g. 1. My ideal job would beā€¦ A detective or an FBI investigator. A skydiving instructor or some type of adventure leader. The ultimate dictator of the world. Helping those who are deprived. Being in the military or as a spy. What job? I do what I want! What about Teacher / Author ā€¦ 1. What is the most important characteristic to have? Loyalty Individuality Creativity Intelligence Spontaneity Physical strength and superiority What about Kindness; Honesty and so on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-literary-character-are-you/669447.md?page=3)