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| What fictional character do you admire? What specific characteristics do they possess that make them attractive? There are a couple characters I highly admire. Jack West Jr, for starters, as well as Shane Schofield, from Matthew Reilly's books. They're the first two names that popped into my head at the moment, since I just finished reading The Three Secret Cities, which is his newest book in the Jack West Jr series. I admire them because 1. They know alot about alot. Granted, this is the author's research and the knowledge he gains from what he finds is what he gives the characters, but I learned quite a bit about history and mythology from reading the books, actually.  And since I'm 90% sure we have the 7-4 books somewhere in this house, you can bet I'm going to reread them. They're good- and since it's all action, it's a fast read, which means it's fine for me to read again because chances are, I won't remember exactly what happened in the previous ones- let alone, 4 books ago.  2. They fear nothing. Like, absolutely nothing. 20-foot cliff? Sure, they'll jump right across like it's not a big deal. I'm probably exaggerating a bit, but I think you'll get the gist. Granted, they also have awesome team members who would also, literally, die for them (some of them have died  ) and a family at home waiting for them. It's really Clark Kent-y in a way, like, they go out to save the day (or, in Jack's situation, the world- multiple times) and then they go back to everyday life. Except, their families all know. And, in the most recent case, help. 3. They're resourceful. I guess that kinda has to be a built-in skill when you're always facing off against tyrants, hired assassins, and other, lethal groups of people, but it's definitely a good trait to have. In a sense, I do usually work with what I have as well, but they do it in a more dramatic fashion, which makes it fun to read about their adventures and near-misses- as opposed to "oh, I have cocoa in the pantry and all the ingredients for chocolate banana muffins, so let's make that" 4. They have super cool tools/gadgets. There's nothing like having cool technology that attracts people to you, right? One particular gadget I remember (aside from their various Letter-numbered automatic weaponry ) is the MagHook. I don't know if this is a real gadget or not, but I do remember it got the two characters out of a good number of tight spaces- especially when there were metal walls or rails around. It's like something you'd see in Mission Impossible, I think- where you press a button and a magnetic thing shoots out and grabs hold of a metal surface, then retracts and pulls you in with it.  Honestly, if I had one, I probably wouldn't need any other entertainment or the internet, because I'd be entertained just swinging myself from place to place with it. 5. They're still human. As I mentioned before, they have families. And in the most recent book especially, you really get a glance of Jack's home life and family dynamic. His daughter is in college and has a boyfriend, for example, and he seems like the kind of guy where, if you saw him on the street, you probably wouldn't even recognize his face if you saw him again. Note- Jack and Shane are from two separate series, but they operate in the same "world", since Shane has made an appearance in a Jack West Jr book before. I'm waiting for the next Shane book and hoping Jack will do the same for Shane. |
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