Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Does this Character have any stereotypes?

My friend wants to add a Jewish character in his book named Sampson, whose not much of villain but a minor antagonist, but does not want any stereotypes about him. This character is sort of like Fagin from Oliver Twist, except he owns an Antique shop and receives 'goods' from homeless kids in exchange for food, shelter and protection. And this character has a wife but she is a Roman Catholic ex-nun, both love each other like mad. And also the character is not a greedy miser or a psychopathic megalomaniac, he is just a selfish criminal with no grudges or hostilities. He can be selfish but he does have a soft side and can show mercy. Sampson ran away from from his strict community because he was attracted more to the secular world than his religious world, and he also hated the way Jews were mistreated but was also pessimistic about the Jews ever gaining respect in society. He still had faith in God, but he was more concerned about himself and his own stubborn independence.

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