Every book I read I become attached to some of the characters. I begin to think about what they would be like if I actually met them. When I read Proust I am always thinking about the characters he talks about and I try to image faces along with them like Swann, Odette, or Albertine. Before Trevor’s talk about Marcel Proust I always thought of him being tan skinned guy with light brown hair and blue eyes for some reason. When Trevor displayed an image of Proust he was not the image I imagined when reading the novel. He had the Jewish traits dark brown hair, was thin and also very light skinned. After seeing what he really looked like that is was I began to see as I kept reading the novel.
Marcel was a character the stuck out to me a lot throughout the novel. And mainly because how he acted and would describe his feelings about certain characters. Even when he was younger Marcel would notice all these little details about the characters in the novel. When I was reading I would always think what if I was a character in Marcels world, and what would he say about me. Since I will never actually be a character in his novel I will make up my own. I wouldn’t want to be a character that has a long important relationship with Marcel because his character does not seem like a person I could have a good relationship. I would however love to be someone he briefly sees and describes like he did with his uncles mistress in Swanns Way. Him seeing me walking or riding a bike in Combray would be a good part for me. Just a random girl he wanted to know but never ended up doing so because that’s what he seemed to do a lot throughout his novel.