I've found -as an introvert and reader- that one of the easiest ways for me to connect with and get to know other people is to discuss our favourite fictional characters.
"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."
-"Emma", Jane Austen-
We all have characters from stories (be it book or movie) who we connect with and relate to for any number of reasons...
Sometimes it's completely- everything about them- sometimes it's in little ways that they act or even think, or even what we take away from between the lines and apply to our own lives.
Emma Woodhouse is one of those characters who I have always been drawn to, in her contradictory- and not all flattering- ways; she enjoys company and is generally good with people, but doesn't always have patience for them...she wants adventure, but loves her home/hometown...can talk to anyone, but is occasionally too blunt...she is mostly independent, but values relationships and is loyal to (and sometimes possessive of) her close friends...she is quick to deny needing anyone (particularly romantically) but wants to feel loved and needed.
Emma is such a reassuring heroine for me, because you can really start out not liking her much, but her character develops and grows so much over the course of the novel that by the end you feel proud of her and glad that she ended up with THE best hero in classic literature.
"She was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love."
(Also, the 2009 BBC mini series is the only worthy adaptation, in my opinion. ;))
Feel free to comment with some of your own fictional friends/mentors, or quotes about them...
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