Because you like Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave

Nick Carraway is the perfect observer: always there for the events, but never too involved. See them in The Great Gatsby.

Oliver Tate is extremely articulate but hopelessly awkward. That's not a recipe for teenage happiness. See them in Submarine.

Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.

A suave womanizer, Jacob Palmer has turned seduction into a science. See them in Crazy, Stupid Love.

Marshall Eriksen is a lawyer in love who is enjoying life. See them in How I Met Your Mother.

Though she can seamlessly flit between glamorous identities, Sydney Prosser is more vulnerable than she pretends to be. See them in American Hustle.

Warm and caring, Kitty Forman acts like a mom towards all of her kids' friends. See them in That '70s Show.

Stubborn, impulsive, and fun-loving, Hallie Parker is not afraid to devise some schemes to bring her family together. See them in The Parent Trap.

Topanga Lawrence has been a put-together intellectual since basically the moment she could talk. See them in Boy Meets World.

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.

Driven and straightforward with high-technology parts, EVE was sent to Earth to see if it is habitable. See them in WALL-E.

Don't let his old age fool you, Heihachi Mishima is a ruthless pragmatist who values self-reliance above all else. See them in Tekken .