If I were to pick one character to be the one I most identify with it would probably be Patrick. I know everyone thinks they identify with him as well, and my class…I mean my book club!- will probably be filled with people who believe that Patrick exemplifies their traits, but I believe he also is like me. Of course, we all may choose him only because we understand the aspects of his character the best, due to the fact that he is the protagonist. It would be natural for us to pick him because each of us can see at least a little of ourselves in him.
I personally identify with him because of his background, his emotional state, and the ladies. His background is similar to mine because we both were raised in a single parent household in the middle of the countryside. Also his father’s teaching style was very similar to my Father’s, being the watch-and-pray teaching style. Where his father simply did the things he wanted to teach and made his son watch in order to learn. His emotional state is similar to mine as well, being the detached observer (my classmates…I mean fellow book clubbers!- will probably disagree with me, but in more formal situations or in situations of which I am less comfortable I tend to be…reserved). He also has the classic emotions-bottled-up attitude that most men have. This is one of the reasons he blows up the dock after Alice’s death. His emotions finally have built up far too much. I personally relate to the dock incident because of my minds tendency to do things mentally which would be considered wrong in society. Blowing up a dock is child’s play. The matter of ladies being something I identify with is absolutely incorrect.
I would never have someone break up with me. :O
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