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Loners

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts) Tue Jan 31, 2012, 10:27 AM Jan 2012

Waht do you think of how "loners" are portrayed in books and other media? [View all]

I was thinking of the literary character of a "loner" and how they are portrayed.
Very common is the " white knight", the " loner hero" type.
Lee Child being the most recent to develop such a character in his many Jack Reacher novels.
( which I have read and liked, in a mental popcorn sort of way)

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Waht do you think of how "loners" are portrayed in books and other media? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 OP

Loners in movies and TV rrneck Jan 2012 #1

Gives me something to aspire to. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #2

Kevin Spacey rrneck Jan 2012 #4

See what happens when you don't do enough group think????? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #7

He was sure as hell outside the box. rrneck Jan 2012 #8

I was a loner, growing up as a kid zbdent Jan 2012 #5

Funny how people who would just like to be left alone rrneck Jan 2012 #6

Mostly clueless, with a touch of paranoia mixed in. bemildred Jan 2012 #3

Honestly, I really don't give a damn what the rest of the world thinks NT Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #9