Character Analysis: See Yourself

Expressed Theme

The theme for See Yourself is centered around the idea of how seeing people that look like us can be inspiring. The character I continually return to is Hermione Granger, from the Harry Potter series. She was my confidence-booster, and I want to find out who other people’s was.

I would like the main aspect of my project to invite participation from others. I plan to interview people of different genders, races, and classes and find out who their Hermione was, and what that meant to them. I want to invite viewers through a sort of tunnel of representation, which will lead to the rest of my project.

We can look at how representation affects real-life people and realize how important it is. If people do not come away with

I was attached to her, and related to her in more ways than one. When I was 13 years old, I started watching a show on the CW called The 100. The main character was a girl named Clarke Griffin. She was strong, independent, and a leader. She was everything I wanted to be. The other characters on the show were people of color, disabled, or LGBT+. The show was amazingly representative, and I was grateful for that. A major reason why I was so happy about it was because Clarke Griffin was announced to be bisexual. When I was 14 or 15, I began struggling with my sexuality. I wavered back and forth between calling myself bisexual and calling myself straight. To be 100% honest, I am still not sure what my sexuality is. I lean more towards straight now, but there was a long stretch of time where I did identify as bisexual. However, seeing an amazing leader and a strong character come out as bisexual changed things for me. No one made a big deal out of it on the show, and no one treated her any differently. That was a huge boost for me in the discovery of my sexuality. Nothing changed for her, so if I was bi, why would it change for me? Seeing a character who is proud of something like that can help immensely, especially for people who are confused, or lost, or scared of

In my early teen years, I was heavily involved in fandom. I kept it a secret because I was embarrassed by it. When I started reading Fangirl, I was taken aback by the storyline. It was focused on a girl who wrote fanfiction, loved stories, and was a socially awkward introvert. I related instantly. I went through a time where I curled into myself, and relied on the internet and the stories that were being told on it to get me through. Cath did the same thing. It made me feel like this was an acceptable thing to do; like I was not alone. Throughout the course of the book, Cath found happiness, friendship, and love. Seeing someone who acted like me get to be happy gave me hope for myself and my