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Posted on: Jul 22, '08

Dus ka dum (10 favourite literary figures)

Khee khee khee. Trust me to give such a terrible title to an interesting game. *Chuckles*. *Maha pleased with self for being cheesy*. Oh, I haven't yet found out if I have been tagged or what! Anyway, here goes my list. It's not in the order of preference.

Jeeves - A man who can give hangover cure the first day he arrives would be someone after my own heart! His stiff upper lip demeanor and very Brit language are so adorable and he is a wizard! He has a solution for almost everything. He seems more of a master than Bertie Wooster himself. Even if Wooster and Jeeves have a disagreement, Jeeves wins in the end. Full power dude!!

Miss Marple - Detective naani. Khee khee khee. She is a village auntie and a razor sharp detective rolled into one! And she is not aggressive at all. Absolute ownage! \m/

Shug Avery (The Color Purple) - Shug Avery is sensuality, femininity and liberation! The one who makes Celie realize her true worth and that she is worthy of love and respect. Also introduces Celie to her sexuality and connects her to her sister Nettie and in turn her children Olivia and Adam.

Sofia (The Colour Purple): Sofia full on fights back with her husband Harpo like solid maara mari! And she knocks off the Mayor no less. Totally loved her.

Billy Hayes (Midnight Express): Read the book when I was in ninth standard! Fell in love with Billy Hayes. And no his hash smuggling has nothing to do with it. It was just his struggle and escape that fascinated me. And also the copy I had had Brad Davis' pic on the cover and I thought he was soooooo good looking. Didi and I were reading the book at the same time. We'd alternate it with our studies. And we both went crazy for him.

Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird): Atticus Finch is integrity, courage, compassion, conscience and truth all rolled into one! He is the perfect father figure one can have. And he's a brilliant lawyer.

Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye): The voice of teenage angst. Loved his cynicism. I mean he was so difficult to judge. He had childlike simplicity and yet he was sooooo complex. He finds everything phoney and his language was so hardcore! And he had such jaded and dry sense of humour. Like when the 'secret slob' Ackley barges into Holden's room while the latter is trying to read and keeps yapping, Holden says something like 'I like these three sentences so much that I'm reading them over and over again' or when he meets those three chiquitas and asks if two of them are sisters and says, "I don't know who was more offended".

Esther Greenwood (The Bell Jar): Sylvia Plath is one of my favourite poetesses. Esther Greenwood was a semi-autobiographical character. Swimming far into the sea, OD-ing on sleeping pills and still surviving. What fascinated me even more was that she needs her friend's suicide to understand death and get her sanity back.

Clover (Animal Farm): (Hope it's cool to include an animal in the list!) The mare seems so vain in the beginning! But the way she cares for Boxer is so sweet. She is compassionate and conscientious. Anyway I really like horses and this one was so awesome!

Anna (Mr God, This is Anna): Probably the only character that made me cry! Fynn has done such a wonderful job of describing her. All of barely 5 years, Anna's idea of not only Mister God and life but something as practical as Science and Maths is soooooo refreshing! What I loved most about her is unlike most people who treat God more as a strict warden who you need to obey and be scared of, for Anna he is like a friend and someone to be loved. God is part of everybody, everybody is part of God. "I bet Mister God lets me into heaven for this", she says about grinning when she is dying at 7 yrs of age!

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King-Bulls-Ring said:
Just a passer by - me. Blinking blank...

as some say, me dont do much reading as you and Dagny...
But must appreciate remembering something read longtime ago, to describe.

July 23, '08

InkTank said:
dhaval, except miss marple , rest are new to me...cos i been reading only thrillers:) as for ur title...its APT!!!

July 23, '08

manisha_bhattacharya said:

July 22, '08

dagnysharma said:
Dhaval,

What a great list. And 'My God This is Anna' I will have to read.

Jeeves... OMG...! And what about Sir Galahad... and the doddering Earl of Ellsworth and all of those guys? And what about Psmith?

Wodehouses' characters are all fabulous. Impeccable and hilarious.

Thanks for playing gal...

Cheers,

Dagny

July 22, '08

soundspot said:
DHAVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! some of us lesser mortals don't believe in gaining degrees to validate our education!! life teaches us all *buddha pose*

July 22, '08

ASYLUM said:
All greek to me too ..except for Jeeves.

July 22, '08

Swiftmove said:

July 22, '08

Sunshine_Is_Here said:
Hey neat stuff put up in the list...
Loved it all...

July 22, '08

earmarkedfortrouble said:
All is GEEK 2 mee!!!!
Fer mee ken neither Read; Nor 'Rite; KNO kindea 'Rithematic too......

U karry on playin'' aiye'll bee outside zee outstumps; OOGLING @ U knows whatt!!!!

July 22, '08

Novacaine said:
Ya dude. I've read it thrice I think. Had it in MA again... You know, MA the post grad degree which people normally complete in 2 yrs. Know what I mean?

Ya Vikram, I read your list :) Will comment soon.

July 22, '08

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