1 → Who is your favourite fictional character?
- Speaker 1 → Philip Marlowe
- Speaker 2 → Elizabeth Bennett
- Speaker 3 → the old man from The Old Man and the Sea
2 → How do you visualise them (what do they look like)?
- Speaker 1 → like Humphrey Bogart: tall, good-looking, tough
- Speaker 2 → quite tall with a very lively, mobile face and possibly dark hair
- Speaker 3 → quite old, big strong hands that were cut and bruised, a little bit of grey hair
3 → What personal traits do they possess (type of character)?
- Speaker 1 → doesn't always say the right thing, always has a clever retort, has real problems, very clever, very tough, likes to get to the bottom of the problem
- Speaker 2 → sparky, lively, feisty, lippy (talks back to men), takes control of her own life
- Speaker 3 → wise, took pride in his job, did his best
4 → What memorable things do they do?
- Speaker 1 → unlike most modern characters, he doesn't always win/isn't always on top of the situation
- Speaker 2 → takes control of her own life, goes for the guy that she really loves, wins her guy in the end
- Speaker 3 → dragged himself out every night, cast his nets, hoped he would catch something
5 → What problems do they overcome?
- Speaker 1 →solves murder crimes
- Speaker 2 → women had little control over what happened to them in the marriage market, people thought she was socially unacceptable
- Speaker 3 → he was down on his luck in the story, hadn't caught anything for a long time, had little opportunity in life
6 → Do you know anyone like them in real life?
- Speaker 1 → doesn't say
- Speaker 2 → doesn't say
- Speaker 3 → the speaker's father
