ENNEAGRAM CHARACTER

Perfectionist #1

Atticus FinchTo Kill a Mockingbird

- Criticize & reform a racist world by his standards of human kindness and his moral codes

- Tendencies of the savior & the critic- Speaks his mind without restraint

Perfectionist #1

Mary Poppins

-”tape measure” to judge others for their faults while considering themselves in the right

- Her self measure of the magic tape result: Practically perfect in every way

- Their duty to govern those they consider flawed

Giver #2

T.S. GarpThe world according to Garp

- Show himself both as giving (extreme care for his teacher and a rape victim) and as needy (breaking into rage when he discovers his wife’s infidelity)

- Over-the-top kindness and neediness

Achiever #3Scarlett O’HaraGone With the Wind

- Unchangingly selfish (sees Rhett as less of a lover and more of a goal to re-accomplish)

- Known by everyone, & her “I want” philosophy is an obvious pared-down-to-the-core #3

Connoisseur #4

Madame BovaryFlaubert’s novel: Madame Bovary

- Her aesthetic sense of beauty and her constant dissatisfaction

- On a quest for the perfect and unique

- Dies without having reached that goal in her mind

Observer #5

Sherlock HolmesStories of Arthur Conan Doyle

- Quintessential #5, retreating from society into his mental processes and heightening his intelligence at every turn

Loyalist #6

Celia CoplestonThe Cocktail Party

- Frank words regarding pessimism and rehabilitation from fear

- Attributes her loneliness to a theory that everyone in this world is lonely

- Greatest sins: failure and emptiness

Enthusiast #7

Holly GolightlyBreakfast at Tiffany’s

• - Desire for escapism• - Her longed-for ideal, which she

chases and can never have• - Unchanging whimsy even during

hard time

Challenger #8

OthelloA character in Shakespearean’s

story

- Drive to actions seems strong than most other examples

- Pushes forth to war, to woo, to avenge and to commit suicide

Peacemaker #9

RabbitRabbit, Run – John Updike

- Indecisiveness- Ran away from home due to being

asked to do two errands in an unspecified order and unable to decide

- Waver, attempting neutrality

REFLECTION QUESTION

• Answer 3 out of 6 questions in the next slide to earn an optional Bronze credit for ILCP

The reflection should be sent to MOPDORAN@CSBSJU.EDU

1) How do you see the Enneagram types affecting your personal relationships? (It does not have to be a romantic relationship; you can describe how the type affects a friendship or family bond.)

2) How do you feel your personal Enneagram type affects your viewing of literature and pop culture?

3) Do you identify with the characters of your type, or do you have a distaste for them? Is this related to similarities or differences they have to your personality?

4) How does the knowledge of the Enneagram field of study in general affect the way you view literature and pop culture? Do you analyze fictional characters by type? How does this change the way you see them?

5) What other works can you think of where a character's motivations make sense once you figure out that character's type? Think back not only to recreational readings and viewings, but also of materials you read and viewed for class.

6) Do you see any other personality traits in these characters that differ from those identified?