Because you like Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby
Trying to get through school without being a burden to anyone, Tohru Honda stays cheerful despite her difficulties. See them in Fruits Basket.
Yuri is living in the afterlife, which takes the form of a high school where no one dies. But if you follow the school's rules and live a "normal" life you vanish. See them in Angel Beats!.
Father to a murdered son and husband to a murdered wife, Maximus Decimus Meridius will have his vengeance. See them in Gladiator.
An exuberant prankster, Naruto Uzumaki craves acknowledgement of any kind. See them in Naruto.
Tarzan is walking the line between human and animal. Good thing he has excellent balance. See them in Tarzan.
Major Marquis Warren is a talkative, sharp-eyed, and cold-hearted Civil War soldier-turned-bounty hunter. See them in The Hateful Eight.
Shaun is used to being lazy. And now, you're asking him to fight for his life? See them in Shaun of the Dead.
It's time somebody has to take over. It might as well be Fish Mooney. See them in Gotham.
Stewie Griffin is just your average evil-genius, talking, sociopathic baby. See them in Family Guy.