Because you like Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones

Harry Mason has been told that he worries too much, that he's a little paranoid. But he just wants to protect what he loves. See them in Silent Hill.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Elizabeth Bennet doesn't suffer fools or prideful men. See them in Pride & Prejudice.

Eponine is a scrappy street urchin with a bad case of unrequited love. See them in Les Miserables.

Whether it's a fire or a pit of lions, there's almost no predicament that Violet Baudelaire can't get her and her siblings out of. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

John Bender's interests include marijuana, fighting, and breaking the rules. See them in The Breakfast Club.

Aslan represents everything good and just, he's just not super reliable. See them in The Chronicles of Narnia.

A baker turned reluctant fighter, Peeta Mellark can charm his way out of just about any situation. See them in The Hunger Games .

Some say to survive in Underland you need to be as mad as a hatter–which, luckily, he is. See them in Alice in Wonderland.

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.

Eleanor puts up a tough front, even when everyone else tries to tear her down. See them in Eleanor and Park .

Most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, but Mia Thermopolis' present is a country to rule. See them in The Princess Diaries.