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Monday, August 14, 2023

TTT: Characters from Classic Literature all mixed up


Top Ten Tuesday: Classic book characters all mixed together. Today's prompt is to mix together characters from two books. Let's see what I can do with fairly familiar characters from classic books.

  1. Holden Caufield (Catcher in the Rye) + John Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility) Both are sort of 'bad boys' in literature. If they teamed up I bet they could really cause some problems but hopefully would see the errors in their ways.
  2. Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre) + Fannie Price (Mansfield Park) Both Fannie and Jane are interested in men who are out of their class. Both are also raised by aunts who don't love them and take advantage of them. I think they could be good friends and confidents. 
  3. Huck Finn (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) + Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings series) Can you imagine an adventure with these two together. It would likely be a lot more lighthearted than the one Frodo took the first time around.
  4. Gandalf (Lord of the Rings series) + Dumbledore (Harry Potter series). Oh the magic that would be had. Plus I always get the two mixed up anyway.
  5. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes stories) + James Bond (Casino Royale) Solving the mystery but with all the cool gadgets and tricks.
  6. Yuri Zhivago (Dr. Zhivago) + Tertius Lydgate (Middlemarch) Both are doctors who fall in love with the wrong woman. Maybe they could talk about their problems over a game of golf once a week?
  7. Rhett Butler (Gone with the Wind) + Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby) Both men were in love with a woman they couldn't really contain or control. Only thing, Butler behaved like he didn't give a sh*t. Gatsby could do with lessons on that attitude before his untimely death.
  8. Anne Eliot (Persuasion) + Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) Both women were patient, loving, and kind even when circumstances brought on by their family could have driven them crazy. These two gals could really lean on each other for strength.
  9. Ignatius J. Riley (The Confederacy of Dunces) + Zaphod Beeblebrox (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) They are both such zany, quirky characters. Why not get them together to see what happens?
  10. Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) + Scout Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) Both have such unique literary voices. Why not get them together to use their imaginations to come up with a better world?

-Anne
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