In that case, read CB's interviews online. Intuition is clearly the dominant extroverted function, not feeling.I'm reading Anna Karenina right now, and although I'm not far along, the character the book is named after seems very INFJ-ish to me. She's secretive, good with people, and prone to experience inexplicable omens and insights. That may end up changing as the story goes on, though; if it does or you have any plot details to discuss, please be careful to mark your spoilers so I can avoid them.
I think her demeanor is consistent with an INFJ who's feeling buoyant and playful. She reminds me a lot of myself when I'm in a really good mood, and I don't see the kind of external poise in NFPs that she shows in that interview. NFPs tend to have more of an internal poise; it's as though they can let anything flow over and through them and drift along very smoothly, while on the inside, they're in full control, making all the judgment calls that most people never notice.
John Locke from LOST. He has very stubborn beliefs in his faith.
If Dr. Zhivago is INFJ, what is Lara?
I'd say Lara is a T type of some form, as she left Zhivago eventualy to go with Comorechy (?sp).... basically she left because of practical reasons... her heart was still Zhivagos... an F type wouldn't do that I don't think
I am watching the 2002 BBC or whatever version it is. I love that guy.
They would if they feel it's right, especially an enfp. We are not entirely control by our feelings.
She left because Zhivago wanted her to leave, because it was for her own good. She was interested in preserving her life because she knew she was pregnant with Zhivago's baby. She made that decision out of feeling -- the feeling of loyalty to Zhivago. She knew he could have no happiness while she was in such a vulnerable position. Leaving expressed her very deep love for him in a way that indulging her feelings by staying could not.
Plus the fact that love is not dependent on proximity and she knew that they'd always be together in their hearts.
Meg Ryan's character in You've Got Mail is a classic INFJ. She owns a children's bookstore and aspires to be a writer. She holds a torch for someone she has never met, and has only had conversations with on the internet. She is completely unrealistic about her bookstore's financial situation, prefering to be philosophical about it. She is known for her service and kindness to people. She holds a serious grudge when someone has "done her wrong."
Yep, totes agree.Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver.
Beat me to it!I get a way different read on Ginny than you seem to. I don't get an intuitive feel from her at all... on the contrary, to me she seems very SP. I don't think that the character is really developed enough to type definitively, but everything we hear about her is about how ballsy and quick-witted she is. Those aren't traits that are typically associated with INFJs. I also can't think of any instances that would make me think that Ginny is N rather than S. Ginny seems pretty impulse-driven to me (hence her involvement with the diary to begin with). The things she says and does in the books strike me as STP, probably ESTP.
Excellent. I use Willis' character to assess potential INFJs.Bruce Willis's character in The Sixth Sense.
I read the book 6 years ago, which one was she again? (Sidenote: what do you think the main character's type was?)Miss Kinnian from Flowers for Algernon.
I read somewhere that to differentiate between an INFJ and an INFP is to test the dominance or lack of Fe. So INFJs, with a dominant Fe (e.g. Amelie), would be more likely to be big on Valentine's Days and other PDAs and INFPs (e.g. Holden Caufield) aren't as likely... Something along those lines. It was on infpvsinfj.com or something.I don't really understand why some people see her as a total INFP. I guess that people's notion of an INFJ and an INFP is often pretty mixed and interwined.
That's interesting. I would've typed her as an ENFP.Meg Ryan's character in You've Got Mail is a classic INFJ. She owns a children's bookstore and aspires to be a writer. She holds a torch for someone she has never met, and has only had conversations with on the internet. She is completely unrealistic about her bookstore's financial situation, prefering to be philosophical about it. She is known for her service and kindness to people. She holds a serious grudge when someone has "done her wrong."
Yep, totes agree.
Miss Kinnian from Flowers for Algernon.
I read the book 6 years ago, which one was she again? (Sidenote: what do you think the main character's type was?)
If we were to type Charlie... would we consider his personality pre-surgery or post-surgery? Or would his type be the same? I don't really understand how great an effect intelligence has on MBTI types.I'm not certain what Charlie's type is. Been scoffing this as well. Would have to look into this one.