Journal Entry 15: Characters

Some of my favorite characters ever are Itachi from "Naruto", Gin from "Bleach", and Snape from the Harry Potter series. All of these characters have a lot in common. They all appear to be bad guys, but in the end you find that they are actually good, and they have devoted their entire life to protecting someone they love. Also, in the end, they all die for this person, but ultimately fail in achieving what they wanted to happen. Itachi betrays his corrupt clan and assassinates them all in order to prevent war, and saves his little brother, Sasuke, and shoulders the dishonor and hate of the act, when he actually should have been honored and remembered for it. Despite his efforts however, Sasuke finds out what the village forced Itachi to do and turns against the village, and tries to destroy it.  Gin joins Aizen, the leader of the bad guys, but in the end he was just trying to get closer to him so he could kill him, so that Rangiku, his childhood friend, "would never have to cry again". However, he fails after preparing for his whole life, and dies leaving Aizen alive, and leaving Rangiku sadder than ever at his death. Snape's story is the same, except he in a way actually completed his mission. Snape loves Lily, so he does everything he can to protect her son Harry, and saves him multiple times. In the end, he finds out Harry must die anyways, and he does. But because it is a story, and the good guys must win, Harry is randomly brought back to life, so he lives happily ever after, and Snape's life is not wasted. These three characters are the only ones I have ever really attached myself to, and I had never thought about why I liked them until now. I guess I like characters that have devotion and commitment to the one person they love more than anything else, and sacrifice anything they can for them.