Because you like Ender Wiggin in Ender's Game
Good-natured, sensitive, and introspective, Mason is on a lifelong path to finding himself. See them in Boyhood.
Catherine Linton was once spontaneous and rowdy but ever since marrying the wealthy Edgar, she has morphed into a boiling pot of emotional outbursts. See them in Wuthering Heights.
If anyone can speak truth to power, it's Atticus Finch. With elequent monologues, he forces everyone to face hard truths. See them in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Self proclaimed, Fat Amy, likes horizontal running and mermaid dancing. Important skills, one could argue. See them in Pitch Perfect.
All who live know his name, and all who oppose him shall know Death. See them in Darksiders Series.
A gruff and hardened professional, Marcus Fenix keeps his emotions buried deep. See them in Gears of War.
Although Penny's friends have genius-level IQs, they regularly come to her for advice and insight. See them in The Big Bang Theory.
Tiffany Maxwell wishes people would stop reminding her about her dead husband. See them in Silver Linings Playbook.
John Watson is haunted by his past (who isn't) but he's starting to branch out with some help from a world class detective. See them in Sherlock.
Shaun is used to being lazy. And now, you're asking him to fight for his life? See them in Shaun of the Dead.
Baloo is a fun-lovin' bear who just needs the bare necessities of life See them in The Jungle Book.