
Every now and then, the topic of people one would love to have dinner with floats around. Whether it be a historical figure, an A-list celebrity, or even just a fictional character from a book or film, there is almost always someone who we’d all love to talk to. Most people, when choosing someone from a book, tend to choose adult books and adult characters. Through my job and little project, I’ve been exposed to far more children’s books and characters than I thought possible. Here are just a few of those characters that would be worth talking to.

Matilda is quite a character. By the age of one and a half, Matilda’s vocabulary and linguistic skills were the equivalent of an adult’s. By three, she had started to read and by four, she had the reading skills almost identical to an adult’s. Matilda is said to be quiet and sensible. Roald Dahl once noted that if someone were to talk to Matilda about things such as literature, the extent of Matilda’s knowledge would fully come out. It would be amazing, not only to witness the full extent of Matilda’s knowledge (along with her wits, and more), but also her telekinesis. Even at the age of five, she must have such thoughts and opinions on a variety of subjects, that it would be quite a loss not to talk to her.

Yes, she’s the villain. Yes, she’s horrible and is abusive to children. Who, in their right mind, locks a child in a room called the Chokey? No one in his or her right mind. While her background was briefly touched upon in the book, film and musical, there surely has to be more to why she has such a deep hatred for children. Miss Trunchbull actually denied even being a child; she despises them that much. Why did she do what she did to Miss Honey? Why did she despise children? These things may never fully be explained, but it’d be nice to know.

What lives they led. Not everyone could say they wandered into a magical land through a wardrobe, save said land from a White Witch and other characters, assist a talking lion, and more. They even become royalty for a time. Sadly, while one eventually stops believing in Narnia, the rest continue to believe in it. Hearing of Lucy, Peter and Edmund’s (as Susan no longer believed) adventures in Narnia would be terribly exciting. Each character would most certainly have different sCtories, and different perspectives, on their time spent in Narnia. Even being able to talk to Aslan, Mr. Tumnus and Professor Kirke would be lovely within itself. The entire group would lead to conversations that would probably last weeks.
These are just a few characters that would be delightful to talk to. We’ve got a child genius, a horrible villain, and a set of siblings who accomplished more in their fictional lives than we probably ever will in reality. Who would you talk to?