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Name one novel where the protagonist was the most interesting character in the book.

Caveat: If the narrative was 1st person it doesn't count.

>> No.2198749

eugene onegin.
steppenwolf.

>> No.2198748

Catcher in the Rye /thread

>> No.2198760

I Am Legend.

>> No.2198762

>>2198748
First person. Also, Holden is a prat.

>>2198749
Steppenwolf is so existential it's practically first person, and Hermine is much more intriguing than Haller regardless.

You might have won on Eugene Onegin, though. Never read any Pushkin.

>> No.2198765

>>2198760
The zombies. The dog.

>> No.2198767

>>2198765
it's been a while but weren't they more like vampires? and I don't recall any dog so it couldn't have been an all that interesting dog.

>> No.2198770

The Mist from Stephen King's - The Mist.

>> No.2198776

Crime and Punishment.

I empathised with Raskolnikov more than I probably should have.

>> No.2198781

>>2198779
I derped on Hamlet, fuck it, oh well.

>> No.2198784

Fight Club. He wasn't actually. But he was though. HAAAAA

>> No.2198780
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>> No.2198779

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Solzhenitsyn

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Angus Thermopyle or Morn Hyland from Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Series

Julian from The Red and the Black by Stendahl.

Philip from Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Sharikov from Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov

Hamlet.

>> No.2198791

rebel from the waist down

>> No.2198795

The old man and the sea - Hemingway

>> No.2198806

Moby Dick.

>> No.2198816

The Fountainhead

>> No.2198823

Fear and Loathing.

>> No.2198827

heart of darkness

come at me bro

>> No.2198828

Jefferson Airplane

>> No.2198834

Confederacy of Dunces

/thread

>> No.2198831

Dune

>> No.2198842

>>2198834 /thread
>>2198827 come at me bro

Would you morons just grow up.

>> No.2198868

>>2198779
Phillip was a nebbish. His first lover was more interesting than him. That cunt.

Hamlet's uncle was more complex and clear a character than Hamlet. Ophelia was more interesting because hey, crazy sex-starved lolita. Also not technically a novel. But I'm with you on Shakespeare. Richard the 3rd is a match.

Babbit possibly.

>>2198834
Winnar.

>> No.2198874

House of Leaves

>>2198842

umadbro?

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>>2198765
What are you claiming, the "zombies" (weren't they more like vampires in the novel?) and the dog were more interesting characters? That's kinda a stretch, don'tcha think?
thread dismissed for faggotry

>> No.2198879

>>2198831
ANY character in Dune was more captivating than Paul Atreides a.k.a. Jesus a.k.a. Harry Potter.

>> No.2198885

>>2198879
sounds like somebody didn't 'get' dune. there's a pretty significant different between paul and harry potter! and between paul and jesus, assuming an orthodox position on jesus anyway. the thing is, paul failed and it's a tragedy

>> No.2198917

>>2198885
So did Harry Potter.

>> No.2198920

>>2198917
dang dude explain what you mean cause that's an interesting concept. i don't really know where you're coming from. tell me more.

>> No.2198953

>>2198917
Harry Potter is fail, dufus.

>> No.2198966

good burger: a novelization

>> No.2198971

Wizards First Rule - Richard Cypher

>> No.2198996

The Stars My Destination

>> No.2198998

Sherlock Holmes

>> No.2199006

>>2198874
>>>/b/
>>>/soc/

>> No.2199167

>>2198998
Watson was the protagonist.