{"id":1397820,"date":"2020-09-10T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1397820"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:26:49","slug":"7-literary-characters-who-dont-deserve-all-the-hate-that-they-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/7-literary-characters-who-dont-deserve-all-the-hate-that-they-get\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Fictional Characters Who Don&#8217;t Deserve All the Hate They Get"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/71619daisydefenseMAIN.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many characters in books who&nbsp;DESERVE our unbridled hatred. For instance, I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll find a single person who is like \u201cI get it, Dolores Umbridge had her flaws, but <em>don&#8217;t we all<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, \u00a0there are also many characters we hate for no real reason. Look, I&#8217;m not here to change your minds about those people. I&#8217;m sure I hate many of them as fervently and inexplicably as you do. It&#8217;s just that sometimes it&#8217;s worth taking a step back and asking yourself, \u201cBut why? Why do I hate this character?\u201d Sure, your brain will probably go \u201cTHERE IS NO WHY, THERE IS ONLY THE HATE,\u201d prompting you to continue down a \u00a0dark and sinister path from which there is no return, but here are some of those characters anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many characters in books who&nbsp;DESERVE our unbridled hatred. For instance, I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll find a single person who is like \u201cI get it, Dolores Umbridge had her flaws, but don&#8217;t we all?\u201d   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,4700,32,25017,694],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397820"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397820"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445063,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397820\/revisions\/1445063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}