100 Things Blogging Challenge #3: Ratha

[huinare]

My topic: 100 Literary Characters Who Have Affected Me

Two years into the challenge and I'm already on post #3! Tremble in awe

Comments

[brookeoflorien]

Oh, those books sound interesting! And I can see a young you finding Ratha relateable. :D

Also, I see hints of future anthropologist Huin in what you like about these books, too. :D

[huinare]

There were pretty interesting, from the two or three I got my hands on. I'm tempted to read all of them, now that they seem to be having something of a resurgence, but I just don't have the time.

Well, the way I speak about the books now is very anthropology-oriented, but I'm not sure I processed it that way at the time. I was more interested in talking animals undergoing dramatic situations. Of course, in terms of social sciences, conflict theory was probably something I always subscribed to without realizing it. ;D

[brookeoflorien]

I know that feeling. There's plenty of things I want to read, but don't have the time (and when I do have free time, I'm generally exhausted and want to do anything but read).

Well, I don't think you necessarily had to process it that way at the time...I just know that looking back at what I read as a kid, there are a lot of things that point towards my future interests, without me thinking of them in those terms as a kid (see: Tolkien). Though talking animals are always awesome. I'm still drawn to those now.

[huinare]

Oh yes, there's definitely hints. I never would have imagined anthropology to be one of my areas of study when I was a kid though, and in fact I probably would have winced because I found people very boring (hell, I still probably find the -concept- of people, of sentience, more interesting than I find at least 9 out of 10 people). I always wanted either an artsy career or an animal-related career as a minor. XD

[brookeoflorien]

I didn't even really know what anthropology was until I go to uni, so I had no idea that it was something I wanted to do.

I wanted to be a lawyer (since I had already given up on theater, ballet, etc...stupid health problems). I find regular people in my day to day life boring (hence why I'm not a sociology major, I have no interest in studying people like me all the time), but people outside of my life fascinating, if that makes sense?

[huinare]

I think so. Maybe kinda the same reason I've never liked fiction about "everyday people."