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This week's topic is about the top ten unusual character names that I have come across while reading books. I think "unusual" is a very relative term. What is unusual for me may be perfectly ordinary to someone else. So here they are. >
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1. Master Bates>, from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens>
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I didn't catch it at first, but then some classmates said it out loud. >
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Malfoy. Malfoy. The name seems to make me scowl while saying it. And his name has the word "mal" in it, so the negative association is already there. >
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3. >Don Quixote,>from The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes. >
>When my 8th grade teacher mentioned this, I thought it was "Donkey Xote." What kind of author would name their character a "donkey?" I wondered. >
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4. >Drizzt Do'Urden,>from the Legends of Drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore>
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Drizzt. So many consonants. My husband pronounces his name "Drizzit.">
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5. >Willy Wonka>, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl >
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I've become so used to this one because I grew up watching the 70s movie. Then I read the book. But it's wonky. >
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6. Ender>, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. >
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Terrible name, but a suitable one for what he does.>
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7.> Zaphod Beeblebrox>, from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.>
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o_O Well, I'm not going to be naming my child that. >
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8. J. Alfred Prufrock>, from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot>
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A stuffy name for a stuffy character of a poem. Who'd like to be Mrs. Prufrock?>
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9. >Monkey King>, from Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en>
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Well. It's accurate. >
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I'm sure it's shown up as a character in a few non-fiction books. :P>
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Thanks for reading! Do any of these unusual names resonate with you?>
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