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Bonus points for naming a character you aspire to be

>> No.3789963

Jean Tarrou

>> No.3789970

I'm like Raskolnikov, I guess.

I want to be Rastignac.

>> No.3789979

Japi de uitvreter

>> No.3789986

>be like
Septimus Warren Smith
>aspire to be like
Marcus Brutus

>> No.3790022

I'm like Pierre Bezukhov.
I aspire to be like Robert Jordan.

>> No.3790024

Mario Incandenza

>> No.3790240

>>3789979
dude, i thought you broke bavinks computer?

>> No.3790247
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3790247

Judge Holden

I like to dance

>> No.3790258
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3790258

>> No.3790265

Hailey Joel Osmont

>> No.3790301

>>3790240
this 2013, we dole now. no need for bridgewalking, mooching can be a lifelong pursuit.

>> No.3790315 [DELETED] 

hal incandenza before he took the dmz

>> No.3790359

I was like Meurseault
Now I'm more like Dmitri Karamzov
and I aspire to be like a mix of Vronski, Frédéric Moreau, Ivan Karamazov and Arsène Lupin.

>> No.3790371

>>3790265
go to bed tao

>> No.3790378

>be like
I don't really know.

>want to be
Dolokhov

>> No.3790411
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3790411

>>3790301
Mooching of all people at same time, Japi would have been impressed.

>> No.3790438

Harry Potter

>> No.3790452

I was a cross between Faust and Ivan Karamazov

I identify with M. Swann in terms of a past relationship

I am now a cross between hamlet, josef k and stephen dedalus

I aspire to be alyosha karamazov

>> No.3790461

>>3790452

leave 4chan

>> No.3790468

>Like:
Pip

>Aspire to:
Lin Baba

>> No.3790474

>>3790461
probably be for the best

but the little info I gain from /lit/ keeps me around

>> No.3790483

for D͡ A M͘ ͠N A̡ ̧T I̸ ̕O N

F ͟A͡ ̢L͏ ̕A ͜L A ͞L A҉ L ̴A̷ ͢L ̴A͡ ̨L̨ A ̕L̴ ̢ÁL̷̸̲̞̗͚̜͗ͮͨ̐ͥ͑͌͛͊̎̊͒̇͆ͯ̋ͥ͝͡A̴̛̞̩̟̒̏̂̎͑͛͋ͥͭ̑̓͗̇̔͘̕͡ͅAͮ̎ͥ͛ͣͬ͆͛̏͑͐҉̷͞͏͕̙͔̜̘̯̜̺̭ͅÂ̶̯̯̗̳̬̯̝͖̠̹͖͕̖̬̖͋̃ͨ̾̉̀ͯ̇̅̂̽ͫ̇ͫ̀͠ͅA͋̇̇̅͆ͣ̃ͣ͏̩̼̗̗̺̖͖̣̦͓̠̲̬͜A̶̧̙̘͙͚̞̼͍̟̝͍̜̠̗̻̦̗͕͆ͯ̐͑͐͊͊̿̏ͯ͛ͅA̧̩̺͚͍͙̳͇̹̼̙̪͙͚̠̬̞̤͎͋ͬ̔ͫͣ̿́

>> No.3790719

>>3790411
2 fuckin right, cunt

>> No.3790728

Jasperodus, because I could be a robot and retain my soul/consciousness

>> No.3792581

I am Meursault.

I don't care about the future me.

>> No.3792628
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3792628

John Galt

>> No.3792677

When I first read Infinite Jest, I could've sworn DFW was writing about me when he describes Pemulis.

>> No.3792693
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>>3790258

lel

>>3790359
>>3790452

dat tryhard


>not being Julien Sorel

>> No.3792710

>like
Oblomov

>Aspire to
Oblomov 2.0

>> No.3792712
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3792712

Ignatius Reilly

>> No.3792734 [DELETED] 

>>3789960
Don Quixote

>> No.3792735

>>3789960
>now
dunoo

>be like
Don Quixote

>> No.3792768

Helmholtz Watson

I'd aspire to be Jean Valjean, if anyone.

>> No.3792775

Ransom.

>> No.3792779

jesus

>> No.3792780

>>3792712
It all worked out for him in the end. :)

>> No.3792782

Patrick Bateman

>> No.3792790

Zooey Glass. Complete with childhood genius and broken down sister.

>> No.3792796

Soothsayer in Kung Fu Panda 2.

>> No.3793278

>>3792790
just read franny and zooey. Its definitely one of my top three favorite books

>> No.3793291

Tamburlaine.

Conquering, fucking egyptian sluts, having an ego the size of most galaxies.

>> No.3793307

Like - Pechorin (A Hero for our Time)

Wish to be like - Sam Hamilton (East of Eden)

>> No.3793317
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>>3792790
>>3793278
Franny and Zooey is an all time favorite of mine. The Glass family stories are a masterpiece. It's a shame /lit/ doesn't mention them often.

>> No.3793325

>>3792735
why would you want to be like Don Quixote
he is literally retarded

>> No.3793334

>>3793325
But he's noble and unwavering and admirable.

Would you really rather be clever than good?

>> No.3793341

>>3793325

>anon in charge of using literally incorrectly

>> No.3793346

>>3793334
They're not mutually exclusive.

>> No.3793343

>>3793325
> tfw Don Quixote is just a guy whose mid-life crisis hit him a bit too hard

>> No.3793361

Beowulf

>> No.3793368

Levin

>> No.3793396

I'm like the narrator in Notes from Underground.

Despite finding him annoying at times, I aspire to be like Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton.

>> No.3793399

Moravagine

>> No.3793401

Josef K.

>> No.3793404

>ctrl+F
>No Pnin
Pnin, please.

>> No.3793417
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3793417

Holden Caufield

Philip Marlowe

>> No.3793421
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>>3793396
> Not wanting to be Dorian Gray
> Not wanting to consume life with all its pleasures
> Not wanting to exhaust every single sensual experience that exists
> Wanting to preach something you don't really practice

>> No.3793423

Philip Daedrus Donalyn Graves

>> No.3793427

Steerpike

>> No.3793431 [DELETED] 

>>3793417
Why would you want to be a extremely troubled and angsty teenager whose life is falling apart?

>> No.3793438

gabe

>> No.3793440

>>3793431
>ITT: Describe yourself with a character from a book
>Bonus points for naming a character you aspire to be

And read that post again

>> No.3793454

Hans Giebenrath

>> No.3793905

Amory Blaine