Learning From Our Favourite Characters by Allison Symes
Image Credit: Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos We all have favourite characters. I love Sam Gamgee from The Lord of The Rings . He’s a quietly understated hero. I love characters like that. I love Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice for not caving into expectations when she rejected the odious Mr Collins. It would’ve been much easier for her to just do what her family wanted. It’s hard to say who my overall favourite character is but a strong contender is Sam Vimes from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Over several books, Sam Vimes develops from being an alcoholic loser to becoming a brave, honourable man. Not perfect by any means but there is a decent man here and it is a joy to see this played out. If you want to examine great characterisation, he is a fabulous one to follow. Start with Guards! Guards! and work your way through. Have fun! What can we learn from our favourite characters? Firstly, we can look at how the authors por...