ENNEAGRAM CHARACTER
Atticus Finch
To 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
Perfectionist #1
T.S. Garp
The 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
Giver #2
Scarlett O’Hara
Gone With the Wind
- Unchangingly selfish (sees
- Known by everyone, &
Rhett as less of a lover and
her “I want” philosophy is
more of a goal to rean obvious pared-downaccomplish)
to-the-core #3
Achiever #3
Madame Bovary
Flaubert’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
Connoisseur #4
Sherlock Holmes
Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle
- Quintessential #5, retreating from
society into his mental processes
and heightening his intelligence at
every turn
Observer #5
Celia Copleston
The 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
Loyalist #6
Holly Golightly
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• - Desire for escapism
• - Her longed-for ideal, which she
chases and can never have
• - Unchanging whimsy even during
hard time
Enthusiast #7
Othello
A 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
Challenger #8
Rabbit
Rabbit, 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
Peacemaker #9
• Answer 3 out of 6 questions in the next slide
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REFLECTION QUESTION
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?