What characters do your friends and family identify with? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 09-14-2007, 08:29 PM

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There has been plenty of sharing about what characters we Downers identify with.

What characters from the books do your friends and family identify with? And what are their reasons?

I have two specific examples, and in both cases there has been change over time.

My older brother identified with Aragorn when he was in high school and college, then with Gandalf as a young adult. Now he identifies with Faramir. I find it interesting that he always identifies with what he admires most. With Aragorn it was leadership and nobility. With Gandalf it was wisdom and power. With Faramir it was leadership and wisdom.

A close friend of mine used to identify with Faramir when he was younger, largely for the same reasons as my brother does now. Lately he has switched his identification to Tom Bombadil, because he is lord in his realm, totally in harmony with it, and he knows its borders. My friend is a lot like that, literally.

09-14-2007, 08:29 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	What characters do your friends and family identify with? (Woo woo! 5,000th post) There has been plenty of sharing about what characters we Downers identify with. What characters from the books do your friends and family identify with? And what are their reasons? I have two specific examples, and in both cases there has been change over time. My older brother identified with Aragorn when he was in high school and college, then with Gandalf as a young adult. Now he identifies with Faramir. I find it interesting that he always identifies with what he admires most. With Aragorn it was leadership and nobility. With Gandalf it was wisdom and power. With Faramir it was leadership and wisdom. A close friend of mine used to identify with Faramir when he was younger, largely for the same reasons as my brother does now. Lately he has switched his identification to Tom Bombadil, because he is lord in his realm, totally in harmony with it, and he knows its borders. My friend is a lot like that, literally.