Silly-Season Question

As we've entered the three-month silly season, it seems an appropriate time to ask the burning question, In all of literature — either the book or a movie made from the book (the difference as it concerns your answer can be huge) — which real-world (as opposed to comic-book-world, fantasy-world, or sci-fi-world) fictional character would you most want to be?

On second thought, not really a silly-season question after all, is it. For nothing could be more succinctly and spot-on revealing, both to others and to one's self, of the true inner you — the you you long to be, but know you never really can — than one's truthful, earnest answer to that question. Answering it truthfully and in earnest can be a quite scary proposition, actually. And answering it truthfully and in earnest publicly, downright terrifyin'.

As the case may be, here's the deal. I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Use the comments section below to post your truthful, earnest answer, and why you would most want to be that character. Or post your answer on your own blog. If you choose to go the latter route, please leave a link to your blog post in the comments section below. Time limit: one week from today, after which time, if there are any takers, I'll post my truthful, earnest answer as an update to this post.

Anyone game?

Comments

[Heather]

I would like to say Holly Golightly, but I think I only love her because of Audry Hepburn, and if you can get beyond the charm, Miss Golightly isn't a very nice person at all.
I would also like to say Aunte Mame, because the freedom she had to be whomever she wished. But she as well, was flighty and dependent on men for her well being.

So I will have to go with Jo Marsh from Little women. Jo was strong, capable and independent. She worked and loved at the same time, and she didn't fall for the first flatterer. She took care of herself and her family and she did it with grace and dignity.

I will probably have to amend this by the time your survey is done, but for now, thats who I'm going with.

[Marc Geelhoed]

Easy. Luke Skywalker, who embodied almost every known heroic impulse and trait known to man, vanquished evil, and had the greatest weapon and the greatest theme song of all time. Who wouldn't want to be him?

But that isn't the real world. For that, I suppose I'd have to go with Don Wanderhope, the protagonist of Peter De Vries's stunningly tragic The Blood of the Lamb, who manages to go on, or Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Roth's complicated and incredibly mortal premier creation.

[Walter Ramsey]

Definitely Felix Krull. Beautiful, young, charming, well-endowed, and essentially a moralizing con artist, he has everything anybody could ever want. He becomes rich simply by appearing rich, uses his luck to the maximum potential, and is always elegant, never vulgar.

Walter Ramsey

[Chantal]

My answer is terribly unsophisticated, but you asked for honesty...

Severus Snape. He used to be a bad guy, but then turned to the good side. He's a total badass---powerful, intelligent, strong, and because of those, he commands respect. It's an amazing and nearly perfect combo of attributes, in my opinion.