Character(s) that you dont like... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Makar · 03-07-2005, 02:39 PM

To me, Gollum is one of the most likable characters, even though the things he does should drive the reader away from him. He provides most of the comic relief for me (almost all of the humor that isn't situationally funny seems to me to come from what Gollum says) and he is funny in a way that should be annoying, but isn't. Plus, Gollum tugs up and down on the reader's heart strings -one minute you're laughing at him, the next you feel sorry for him, and then you hate him. As to whom I don't like:
Bill Ferny seems to be a character with no redeeming qualities.
Wormtongue - some people feel sorry for him in the end, not me.

03-07-2005, 02:39 PM	#11
Makar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oklahom Posts: 44	To me, Gollum is one of the most likable characters, even though the things he does should drive the reader away from him. He provides most of the comic relief for me (almost all of the humor that isn't situationally funny seems to me to come from what Gollum says) and he is funny in a way that should be annoying, but isn't. Plus, Gollum tugs up and down on the reader's heart strings -one minute you're laughing at him, the next you feel sorry for him, and then you hate him. As to whom I don't like: Bill Ferny seems to be a character with no redeeming qualities. Wormtongue - some people feel sorry for him in the end, not me.