Over at my friend Alexis's place Reflections of a Bookaholic she has a feature on Wednesdays - Why I Love: And this week's love is for Favorite book Hero or Heroine. Now I am going to go out on a limb here and pick someone that most of you would not usually think of as a hero --- Jack Dawkins - - commonly known as the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist.Now my love of the classics runs VERY deep and my love of the Underdog was discussed in a previous post ... so this just seemed to run right in line with that...... If you have never read this book... you really must. The Dodger is such a scamp, and a thief and really just a kid looking for love --- in all the wrong places. But true to form Dickens creates a world where he manages to take a lost child and harbor him.
How about you.... who are your heros or heroines????
NOW: my thankful for the day????? I am thankful for this wonderful blogging world I have discovered. As I wandered through the Wordless Wednesday posts this morning and found some from across the world that were written in foreign languages, I realized how small the internet has made the world.
Oliver Twist is one of my favorite books and I agree, Jack Dawkins was a hero of sorts.
ReplyDeleteHero or Heroine? Hmmmmm... so many to choose from. I'll go with Sir Bedivere from Tennyson's Idylls of the King. He was the only knight who didn't seem corrupted and was worthy to take over the kingdom after Arthur died.
I've been enjoying my trek back into blogging after several years off. It's been fun meeting new friends.
Hi Carole,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by.....I'll have to check out that book - I love that period of time and Tennyson is so great!
Ooh good one!! You are right, we always pick older books. Why do you think that is?
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