My favorite literary characters

-I was always fond of Lady Macbeth for her macheiavellian personality and yet her very withdrawn sense of guilt for putting her husband (who is perhaps the most whipped protagonist I've ever seen) up to killing anyone formally close to him just so that SHE can get to a position of authority. She's a manipulative, cunning, evil wench that doesn't get her hands dirty, and I love her for it!
- Jacob Jankowski is a far cry from Lady Macbeth but for that he is especially favorable for that. He is noble, a loyal friend, resilient, and has more common sense than any of his male counterparts in the novel. And as a forced college dropout in the 1930's he manages to survive both the circus of The Benzini Bros. and the circus of the Great Depression. Water for Elephants is a phenomenal book, and it's rational, relatable, and down to earth protagonist manages to survive virtually anything that gets thrown at him throughout this novel.
- Ophelia.... poor, poor Ophelia. her father gets murdered, the guy she lost her virginity to goes absolutely bat-Scheiße and dumps her, and after that SHE loses her mind and drowns herself in the river, and at her funeral, her brother cares more about revenge than mourning. Give the girl some slack, man!! After her death, there is NO MENTION of her throughout the rest of the novel. I mean damn!