Fictional Characters are not so fictional!
“ Do you know which fictional character you resemble? ” , my friend asked me the other day. For a moment, I couldn ’ t register what she had said. Looking at my confused facial expressions, she chuckled and replied herself: “ Scarlet O ’ Hara from Gone with the w W ind . ” It was both amusing and irritating for me at the same time. Gone with the Wind has been my most favourite novel and Scarlet ’ s character has always attracted me in a strange, inexplicable way. But I had never thought that somebody would think of me as her in certain respect. All I could say was “ really, do I? ” The above-mentioned encounter made me think about all the fictional characters I have had the privilege to acquaint myself with. And it startled me to find that each one of them had something in them I could relate with. Also, the people I came across in my daily life seemed to carry some of the traits of all those characters. It is a fact that some characters are too good to be true ,...