My Favourite Character in Fiction-Building-English Essay, Paragraph, Speech for Class 9, 10, 11 and 12 Students.

My Favourite Character in Fiction

A fiction or a novel is an image of life, though in an unusual form. The characters in a fiction are indeed imaginary, yet they certainly represent the actual life we lead in society and in the world at large. This is the reason why there are certain characters in fiction which fascinate us so much.

My favorite character in fiction is David, hero of Dickens’ famous novel, David Copperfield. Dickens, as a novelist, shines primarily as painter of characters. His novels are, therefore, known as novels of character rather than that of plot. David Copperfield is Dickens’ masterpiece and there are autobiographical flashes in the novel, especially the hero. David is no one else but Dickens himself. His entire early life is depicted through the characteristics of David.

David is introduced to us as a poor child whose father had died before his birth. He is loved by the maid-servant Peggotty, who helps him to the very end. David’s mother, unable to support her child, gets herself remarried. David’s stepfather is a man of stern temper, who is always scolding and beating him over trifles. Then David is sent to a residential school in London, where he has a very hard time. Anyhow he has to put up with all the hardships. Then his mother dies after giving birth to a child. David has to leave his school. He goes to Peggotty and with her help manages to reach the house of his aunt-the unmarried sister of his father, who gives him shelter and gets him educated. David falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a solicitor, a friend of his aunt, whom he marries in the end. His career ripens into happiness and prosperity and when the novel concludes, we find him both as a successful youth as well as a successful lover. But here there is a departure from Dickens’ life; he was never a successful man.

The finest thing is David’s character, which attracts the reader, is his cheerful and pleasing nature. He is never gloomy or pessimistic even at the darkest and most terrible moment of his life; he does not miss his radiance of smile and youthful mirth. He faces all the misfortunes of his life calmly and dispassionately; he is never afraid of the odds and encounters which seem to block and seal his life. Again his love for Pegotty is deep and full of reverence; he loves her just like his mother. The romantic phase of his life is also appreciable. Finally, his character teaches us a good and a noble lesson.

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