Is there a fictional character with whom you have total empathy?

I have almost total empathy with Dear Liza of 'There's a hole in my bucket' fame.
Almost, because I don't understand her patience

 

Wiley coyote.

 

Why? @pete

 

Because he tries so hard and never succeeds.

 

The Jubjub bird.

 

Nice hat,though @Tidemark

 

Where to start: Philip Marlowe, Inspector Rebus, Sherlock Holmes, Salander (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). In fact any character that is a social misfit, whilst being one of the good guys however marginally.
Never really understood empathy or seen the point of it.

 

Should have included tom Ripley and Shardlake in the list.

 

Miss Read, who is sort-of fictional.
I’m not a teacher though!

 

Mr McGregor! (Pesky rabbits...)

 

Dersu Uzala. I have seen the film dozens of times since I was a kid, and recently re-watched when it popped up in Amazon Prime.

I think part of the empathy stems from guilt. The film talks about us, the modern people, and about our big clumsy hands that spoil everything pure and good even when we mean well.

As a child I admired Dersu and tried to be him in our playtime in the woods (plenty of that back then, with less tigers though ), as a young adult I felt truly sorry for him and now it's just empathy.

Anything kind and wise gets my vote in this world.

 

Mary Bennet in Pride & Predudice.

Edited to add the "why": Because she's plain, serious-minded, studious and somewhat introverted, and so society doesn't value her like it does her pretty and outgoing sisters, even the empty-headed ones. In many ways not a lot has changed.

 

Hercule Poirot.
Why? Because I'm always right, and there is no one more humble than myself!!

 

Mary Lennox