I kind of side skirted answering my own question for Wordfull Wednesday. I wrote what my children thought, rather than who I identified with, and some of you noticed. =)
The reason is there really isn’t ONE fictional character that I solely identify with completely. There are, however, many that I can relate to for one reason or another.
Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables 
Elnora Comstock from A Girl of the Limberlost
In college I had a pest management class where I had to create a bug collection of over 50 various insects. Being the overachiever I am, I collected about 100 in about three weeks. We were supposed to take the whole semester. =)
Elinor Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility
Marmee from Little Women
Elrond from The Hobbit
“I wish I had time to tell you even a few of the tales or one or two of the songs they heard in that house. All of them. . . grew refreshed and strong in a few days there. Their clothes were mended as well as their bruises, their tempers, and their hopes. Their bags filled with provisions light to carry but strong to bring them over the mountain passes. Their plans were improved with the best advice.” (J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit, 61)
That description reminds me of my grandmother’s house too.
The old woman who lived in a shoe. Every once in a great while when I have a very bad day I feel just like her, “with so many children she didn’t know what to do.”
There you have it – some of the various characteristics of ME.
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Wow, that quote from the Hobbit is just great–can that be my goal too?! That is so not my house, more often I feel like the old woman who lived in a shoe, and I only have three children. . .
How funny, I was thinking about your question all week and I’d decided that I most identified with Anne from Anne of Green Gables. Maybe that is why I like you so much 🙂
It’s funny how many people identify with good old Anne. Glad you wrote your own list. I love Elnora too.
umm love that quote from anne of green gables.. I dont remember that.. perfect considering i just wrote a blog about how I talk too much… lol
No wonder we are friends. 🙂
I haven’t read The Hobbit since 7th grade. I don’t even remember who Elrond is…but perhaps I should find out. That little description reminded me of another part I love in Little Women:
“As young readers like to know `how people look’, we will take this moment to give them a little sketch of the four sisters, who sat knitting away in the twilight, while the December snow fell quietly without, and the fire crackled cheerfully within. It was a comfortable room, though the carpet was faded and the furniture very plain, for a good picture or two hung on the walls, books filled the recesses, chrysanthemums and Christmas roses bloomed in the windows, and a pleasant atmosphere of home peace pervaded it.”
I took the pest management class as well! (at Ricks right?) I had to take it to be the head gardener for the summer. That was an awesome class. I don’t think I would pop some box elder beetles on my neck, but I did use to catch flies and squish them on the window… 🙂
I too need to read the Hobbit. I haven’t read any of his books forever and I honestly don’t remember them at all.
I’ve always loved Elinor Dashwood. I can so relate to her no-nonsense, dutiful way and her disdain for drama.