: Part of the reason we read is to learn. Fiction places us in scenarios we might never encounter in real life, but we can still learn life lessons from them. In order to best learn from

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Part of the reason we read is to learn. Fiction places us in scenarios we might never encounter in real life, but we can still learn life lessons from them.

In order to best learn from a character we need to a) perceive ways in which we are like that character, b) sometimes see the character making mistakes that we can thus learn to avoid, c) sometimes see the character making good decisions that we can thus learn to emulate.

So the answer to your question is all three. A character that is always better or always worse than us is not relatable --one that sometimes does right and sometimes does wrong is truer to life.

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