Maddy Raskulinecz, left: “Harry Potter. I don’t really identify with him, because he has no parents and has a really hard time, but it’s the defining book of my generation. Even people who don’t read, read Harry Potter. Also Holden Caulfield, from the Catcher in the Rye. He is a depressed malcontent. That’s another book that a lot of people identify with, about the disillusionment of adolescence, so I kind of identify with that.”
Lizzie Raskulinecz, right: “Ferris Bueller, from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, because I can’t stand school either, and if I were braver I would skip school too, because he has a lot of fun.”
Morgan Haynes:, left. “Spiderman. He’s a cool character everyone can relate to as a superhero, and no one knows who he is unless he wants them to. And I keep a Spiderman suit in my car.”
Ed Hume, above: “Sherlock Holmes — I’m always trying to solve problems. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll try to find it from books or from someone much wiser than I am.”
Jamie Wallace, above: “Batman. Because of the gadgets. I like to invent things.”
Paulita Scott, at left: “Janet Jackson’s character, Justice, in Poetic Justice. The poem that she recited over and over was by Maya Angelou, “Phenomenal Woman.”
Barbara Pequet, at right: “Isabel Archer in Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. I admired her for her restraint, passion and class.”
Lizzi Wapner (in pink tee shirt): “Angel, from the movie Rent. I like how she can be who she wants to be, without other people influencing her.”
Carina Zox (in red tee shirt): “I liked the characters in The Breakfast Club. In the movie their personalities are different than their appearance, and eventually they get to talk about what they’re really like.”
Norm Scherer: “Norm in the TV show Cheers. I just like his character and outlook. He goes to the bar everyday and avoids work. I don’t get to do that, but I enjoy his character.”
