Because you like Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park
Moana is brave, adventurous, and dutiful. And with the ocean on her side, there's no telling how far she'll go. See them in Moana.
Toph is a tenacious earthbender full of spirit and spunk and hates when people try to baby her because she's blind. See them in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.
Bella Swan thinks of it as her job to help her parents and protect her friends, even though it often ends up the other way around. See them in Twilight.
A precocious 11-year-old, Satsuki Kusakabe is not quite as grown up as she pretends to be. See them in My Neighbor Totoro.
Susie Salmon has a big heart, even though it's not beating anymore. See them in The Lovely Bones.
With the loyalty and pluckiness of a puppy, Nana Komatsu is a hopeless romantic. See them in Nana.
Courteous, dangerous, and powerful, Kaname Kuran controls an entire court of vampires. Very, very pretty vampires. See them in Vampire Knight.
Jenna Rink is physically 30 but emotionally 13. She has a better excuse than most. See them in 13 Going on 30.
Daenerys Targaryen will take what is hers with fire and blood. Thankfully, she has some dragons by her side. See them in Game of Thrones.
Dimitri Belikov is a stoic vampire guardian who has the reserve, focus, and discipline of a soldier. See them in Vampire Academy .