This need often becomes so pressing that readers abolish the barrier between truth and fiction, and attribute the events and experiences of fictional characters to the author's life.
But we can imagine a third kind of view, according to which names of fictional characters are, as it were, only meaningful inside the fiction.
A significant part of this discourse concerns the use of fictional characters in design.
Many cities have erected statues in honor of fictional characters.
It does, by use of fictional characters instead of specific representation.
"The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories," the photographer Diane Arbus wrote.
Its world is populated by thousands of fictional characters, all with their own abilities and personalities.
It is rare to enter with such emotion into the feelings of fictional characters".
I have not rooted for the happiness of fictional characters so hard this year.
Doing the voices of fictional characters in your head is hard.
"The presence of fictional characters in your head, especially ones who talk, is extremely preoccupying," she said.
