Favorite Character from the book IT?

[The Barrens]

Beep Beep.

[jaxter]

BEN HANSOM.

i loved all the characters especially Bill too, but oh Ben... so sweet, thoughtful, loyal, and steadfast.

[dumakeykate]

Beep Beep.

Love it, brought a smile to my face.

Eddie

[fairy76]

My first thought was Beverly; as a girl reading this for the first time when I was about their age, I loved her point of view.But after more thought on the question I think its a toss up for Bill or Ben.

[audreylovesbenhanscom]

well, i actually made this account to discuss It, and more prominently, the characters. my favorite character is ben. i have read the book four times, and each time, i find something new that i love in him. yes, i fell in love with him.
no, it's not just because he was the sweet fat kid, although that is a big factor...pardon the pun. it's because he's so clever, and funny, and intelligent, and he either doesn't know it, or he's incredibly humble.
and if i thought i couldn't love anyone more than young ben hanscom, i was wrong. the handsome, just as humble adult ben made me swoon with every word. his character is like, built from charm.

my second favorite character would probably be mike or bev.

[audreylovesbenhanscom]

Richie T. is a great character, but my favorite would have to be Ben Hanscom. I just found him to be very endearing. My random pick for favorite character would be Mike Hanlon's father. While he only plays a small part, I thought his character was great! Especially, the story he tells Mike about the club fire

Oh, i loved mike's father. it broke my heart when i read that he died so early in mike's life.

[henrybowers]

yeah i registered to post. although i want to say one of the losers. i have to say henry, just because hes so interesting

[Jack Roman]

Just a question that's been churning my mind; whats everybody's favorite character from Stephen King's novel, IT?

My favorite character in the book is Richie Tozier, easily. I think he is most like me, in a sense, always the funny one. Also, Richie is one of the least identifiable characters in the book, as though he joked around and is sarcastic, he is very complex on the inside. He seems to be mostly afraid of eyeballs and things relating to them; an example is the dream he had in which he was shoving in pin into his iris. He also has a strong disliking for his glasses, which can be traced to the ridicule he but up with as a child because of them (and the time in which he was pushed and his glasses broke, which his mother yelled at him about and then went into the other room and watched TV).

When I read the book I often picture him as one of those anime characters that always have a glint coming off their glasses. As far as his appearence, I think the movie was very far off; I picture him with shaggier hair, and not as ugly. But then again the movie didn't really get anything right from the book, really.

Who was your favorite character from the book? Bill? Richie? Bev? Eddie? etc.

- Sorry if this has already been posted. I checked and there isn't one from specifically IT, so I thought I'd make one for kicks

I don't really have a favorite. I want to say Pennywise, but I hate clowns. Also most of the characters were annoying to me.

[Robert Gray]

I don't really have a favorite. I want to say Pennywise, but I hate clowns. Also most of the characters were annoying to me.

Ok, I have to ask. What did you like about Pennywise? I see this comment (or one like it) pop up now and again and it always puzzles me. Pennywise doesn't actually appear that often in the book, nor is the character filled out in a way that would allow someone to relate to "It." At least, I would certainly hope not. It has some personality and even a comical sort of hate but all in all It is more like an ominous threat in the background, a natural disaster waiting to happen. Saying that Pennywise is your favorite character in the book is like saying Hurricane Katrina is the most compelling person in the events that destroyed New Orleans. The hurricane was certainly a pivotal event, but the story (or stories) is about the countless people caught up in it. More to the point, if you found the Losers annoying, how did you manage to get through the book at all? That is what ninety-nine percent of the book is about. It is the story of the Losers and they dominate nearly every page. Are you honestly saying you read a book that size just for the paltry few pages where It chooses to appear as Pennywise the Clown?

[Craig Zadow]

Ok, I have to ask. What did you like about Pennywise? I see this comment (or one like it) pop up now and again and it always puzzles me. Pennywise doesn't actually appear that often in the book, nor is the character filled out in a way that would allow someone to relate to "It." At least, I would certainly hope not. It has some personality and even a comical sort of hate but all in all It is more like an ominous threat in the background, a natural disaster waiting to happen. Saying that Pennywise is your favorite character in the book is like saying Hurricane Katrina is the most compelling person in the events that destroyed New Orleans. The hurricane was certainly a pivotal event, but the story (or stories) is about the countless people caught up in it. More to the point, if you found the Losers annoying, how did you manage to get through the book at all? That is what ninety-nine percent of the book is about. It is the story of the Losers and they dominate nearly every page. Are you honestly saying you read a book that size just for the paltry few pages where It chooses to appear as Pennywise the Clown?

That's kind of a weird coming from a guy with Robert Gray as a user name, was Ben Hanscom or any other of the loser's taken? Anyway,people don't have to a reason for liking Pennywise the most. Just cause a character isn't the most fleshed out doesn't mean that they can't be the most fasinating. Look at Anton Chigur in No Country for Old Men. You know absolutly nothing about him or his past, he doesn't do a single nice thing the whole movie and for all intents and purposes he is little more than a force of nature (or maybe even death itself) . None the less when you hear about that movie they talk about him cause he is fascinating and scary as hell. Llewelyn Moss and Sherrif Bell are great well rounded characters like the losers but Anton Chigur like Pennywise are something different: scene stealers and people love a scene stealer.