Proust Questionnare III

Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

Fenwick, in the movie Diner. 

Who are your favorite characters in history?

Marcus Aurelius. John and Abigail Adams. George Washington. Abraham Lincoln. Virginia Woolf. Robert Jackson. Jackie Robinson.Both Justice Harlands. 

What historical figure do you most identify with? 

Gerald Ford. 

Which living person do you most admire?


Dave Eggers.

Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

My mom. E. Tina Fey. I’m sure there are a bunch of women I’ve never heard about doing remarkable things.

Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

Molly Dodd.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?


Rafael Nadal. God owes me that.

Comments

[Kootch]

While I'm tempted to question a number of your answers here -- or more accurately, what lead you to make these particular answers -- I'll just say this: Fenwick? Really?

[K]

I made those picks with my gut, so it might be a little hard to explain. But who doesn't love Fenwick? The charismatic underachieving, the vague yearning, the goofy gestures, he is how every drunk wants to appear to the world. It's interesting that my real life heroes/heroines aren't like Fenwick at all.

[Kootch]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Mandy]

And I will be Federer. You can pick your capris after every volley. And we will be the two nicest sportsmen.

[Sari]

What makes you identify with Ford? I'm not enough up on my history--inspite of being a history major--to know.

[K]

Block-headed, somewhat boring Midwestern guy who was trying to do the right thing. Not that I try to do the right thing, but I sometimes flatter myself. Ford's Presidency followed my Dad's death and even by Presidential standards, he was very Dadlike. SUbstantively, he represents a kind of Republicanism which is out of favor everywhere but my fevered head. He described himself as a fiscally conservative, socially moderate Internationalist. But the tie is emotional, not political.