As you all know I love to read. For me opening up a book is like jumping in to an adventure.
An old friend of mine who is a Christian Counselor and graduate of Liberty University, asked this question on her Facebook page:
Which book or movie character do you relate to and identify with the most and why?
Gosh I really thought about that question for a while, most of the comments she was receiving was pretty superficial. I mean geez if you could jump into any book and become any character who would you be? One of my favorite books and most read books was "To Kill a Mockingbird" I always related to "Scout" she was a fearless kid and real smart mouth. But yet she cared for people and wanted to help others.
Then the wheels in my head started turning and haven't stopped for the past few days....after reading the Brian Kilmeade book about Washington's spies, I think I would want to be Agent 355. The mysterious woman that was in the British circles and kept her ear open and reported the things she heard to the Continentals. She did all that until she was discovered and jailed on a British prison Ship- The "HMS Jersey" No one is sure of what happened to her, after the British left NY in 1783 they abandoned the prison ship, so its unclear if she died on board or was able to escape.Of course I like to believe she escaped the horrors of the prison ship and moved west.
Her true identity to this day still has not been discovered, theories have floated around about agent 355 and who she was, but nothing concrete.
Why could I identify with her? Because she helped to create this nation, she helped to rid NY of the British, albeit a small part however still significant because without some of the intelligence she gathered, Benedict Arnold would have handed West Point over to the British. She knew the perils of her mission but still accepted the challenge. What an incredible woman she must have been.
So now I ask you the same question my friend asked.... If you could, what book character or movie character would you be?????
I look forward to reading the responses
-JUGM
