Because you like Ishmael in Moby Dick

Milo Thatch is an enthusiastic researcher without cynicism. See them in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Gregor Samsa is an ordinary man in an abnormal predicament. See them in The Metamorphosis.

Jason Bourne is suffering amnesia, but considering what he's done as a CIA assassin, maybe that's for the best. See them in The Bourne Identity.

Buttercup is a farm girl turned princess who'd do anything to have her old life back. See them in The Princess Bride.

Just call Jeff Lebowski The Dude. Or His Dudeness, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into that whole brevity thing. See them in The Big Lebowski.

Clarice Starling is patiently working with one serial killer to stop another. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.

Jacob Kowalski is just a baker caught up in an otherworldly adventure. See them in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

Faith has a chip on her shoulder and a stake in her hand to slay vampires in her town. See them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Miss Peregrine exists to protect her wards, whether they like it or not. See them in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children .

A cruel pirate, Captain Hook still fancies himself a gentleman. See them in Peter Pan.

Charlie is a Type A theater director dealing with something out of his control: a painful divorce. See them in Marriage Story.

A sadistic sociopath, Lil Z is helping make the City of God slum a Hell on Earth. See them in City of God.