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I just saw like four threads where the OP pic is the Judge, and that got me thinking:

What are some other literary characters who can be pointed out from a visual representation alone? As in, if you posted a picture of the literary character, but left out all other context (their name, book they came from), would the average /lit/izen would be able to name that character? As far as books /lit/ typically discusses goes, the Judge definitely seems like the best example of this.

(Obviously there's characters like Dracula and Harry Potter, which are even better examples than the Judge, but I'm posing this question to be more focused on books /lit/ typically reads and discusses.)

>> No.22631984

To answer my own question: there's quite a few Infinite Jest characters I could easily name from a visual representation alone. Michael Pemulis, Mario Incandenza, and Madame Psychosis are the big ones. Pemulis due to his hat, the others due to being ugly and disfigured.

>> No.22631991

>>22631974
Ahab and Moby Dick.
Cat from Master and Margherita. Lots of animal characters
Alice from Alice in Wonderland

>> No.22632001

>>22631974
Ignatius from A Confederacy of Dunces.

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>>22631974

>> No.22632010

The other Holden

>> No.22632011

>>22632006
i dont read enough scifi to know who this is

>> No.22632013

>>22631974
Raskolnikov
Severian
Gandalf
Jesus

>> No.22632014
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>> No.22632016

>>22632011
Palmer Eldritch
>>22632014
Nice

>> No.22632018

>>22632013
>Raskolnikov
Feel like he's an edge case. Depending on the rest of the picture -- is he holding a bloody axe? is he in his shitty apartment? -- then yea I feel like you could name him easily. But I feel like someone can end up confusing him for like Jack the Ripper or just another Russian alcoholic.

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>>22632018
the cover of this edition, even without the title, is literally a /lit/ meme

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>>22632032
always reminds me of this for some reason

>> No.22632773

>>22631974
>I'm the joker baybee.. hee hee..

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>>22631974

>> No.22633601

>>22633588
uh, Jaime?

>> No.22633606

>>22633601
yep

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>>22631974

>> No.22634492

>>22633588
Thought this was my nigger Paris

>> No.22635399

>>22632006
Ghandi?

>> No.22635466

>>22633695

GALAXY BRAIN: THE JUDGE AS A METAPHYSICAL ANAGRAM OF MOBY DICK

>> No.22635846

The Shrike