Honestly, the guy that leapt to mind? Jim in Huck Finn. Which sort of emphasizes ita's point.
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Betsy HP - Jul 31, 2004 7:43:44 am PDT #5454 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Jul 31, 2004 7:49:13 am PDT #5455 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Any faithful retainer that needs to be rescued by those he works for, really. I can't think of any white ones right now, and I don't want to muddy the waters -- I don't mean magical.
I don't see what's Bunyanesque about him at all, honestly.
Anne W. - Jul 31, 2004 8:03:31 am PDT #5456 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Personally, I think that Hagrid kinda-sorta fits into the mold of several of Dickens' supporting characters. Good-hearted, mildly eccentric, a little doltish, not quite fitting with polite society, good for comic relief, and so on. There are quite a few Dickens characters who remind me of Hagrid in one way or another--Mr. Boffin, Polly Toodle, Joe Gargery, Captain Cuttle, and so on.
§ ita § - Jul 31, 2004 8:06:33 am PDT #5457 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that Hagrid kinda-sorta fits into the mold of several of Dickens' supporting characters.
In an exclusively British way, though?
Anne W. - Jul 31, 2004 8:10:00 am PDT #5458 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
No, not exclusively British, since that kind of character also appears in Twain (Jim, as was noted). Maybe it's not that Hagrid is particularly British but that he's rooted in the 19th century.
§ ita § - Jul 31, 2004 8:13:36 am PDT #5459 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe it's not that Hagrid is particularly British but that he's rooted in the 19th century.
I agree.
Scrappy - Jul 31, 2004 8:15:45 am PDT #5460 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Barkis came to my mind. He needs young David Copperfield to do his courting for him. English, though.
This may be a stretch, but what about Klinger in MASH? He isn't very good at his job, he's eccentric, he doesn't fit in, he's less educated than the people around him, and the "good" people accept him as he is.
erikaj - Jul 31, 2004 9:40:40 am PDT #5461 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah...except now I've got Hagrid in a dress running around in my brain, and well, I wish I didn't.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 01, 2004 5:12:55 am PDT #5462 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Great, now I've got him in that little Eleanor Roosevelt hat that Klinger always wore....
Jessica - Aug 01, 2004 6:02:37 am PDT #5463 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Article on the value of reading. Not sure what the point of the article's supposed to be, actually, but thought people might find it interesting.