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Hello everyone, welcome to this week's Top 5 Wednesday blog post, the second of the month. I honestly believe that books are amazing as there are no limits to what a book can do; the only limit is the author's imagination, which means authors have so much creative freedom to create their own worlds based on their imagination. Therefore, for this week’s post, let’s explore our top 5 books that feature characters who are not human, such as animals, aliens, mythical creatures, or even things that may not quite be living, such as robots. This was actually a rather difficult post for me to write as I couldn't really find enough books, but I tried, and it seems to be a public domain-heavy list, so here we go. Let's get straight to this week's Top 5 Wednesday post!
1. A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
We start this week's post with a Christmas classic, arguably made up of many non-human protagonists. Firstly, let's start with Father Christmas, as he may appear to be a human protagonist but when considering the definition of a mythical creature, it is arguable that Santa Clause is indeed a mythical creature, making him our first non-human protagonist. However, also Santa's elves and the Daemons of the Caves, which are definitely not human and are mythical creatures, are part of the imaginations of many people around the world. It is amazing how comfortable we get with such mythical creatures and what a big influence they have on our lives during the Christmas season.
2. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
We now go a little further back in time to Victorian England for this unique, gothic book. Dr Jekyll is definitely a human protagonist, a respected doctor in Victorian England. However, Mr Hyde, who is described as "wasn't like a man, it was like some damned Juggernaut" and as "pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity", definitely does not seem to be a human protagonist. So, in this novella, the protagonist is both human and non-human. What we would consider Mr Hyde is a bit more uncertain as he may have elements of a mythical creature, but he also has animalistic elements in his behaviour and personality. Mr Hyde just seems to be such a unique, non-human creature, this is nicely summed up in the quote "There was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that faced me...".
3. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Another unique book that takes us even further back in time, Dante's Divine Comedy is made up of a number of human characters who existed in real life, as well as other non-human characters. This includes the devil, the demons in hell known as The Malebranche, angels, and other non-human creatures and spirits. This is indeed a very interesting book looking into one person's imagination of the afterlife.
4. Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan
We now come back to the future, where the non-human protagonist of this book is a robot. Well, they start off as a human before they are turned into robots due to them dying in their human body, but then their robot body is used for unethical, unlawful conduct, which gives them numerous nightmares, even though they cannot remember carrying out these acts. This book is really interesting in considering what the future may behold. Will someday come when people who are dying from illnesses can be made into robots to continue living their lives? It may not be in our lifetime, but surely it is inevitable that something along these lines could occur at some point in the future,
5. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
We conclude this week's post with one of King's horror books, which I honestly thought was the most boring book I have ever read, and that's an opinion I continue to hold. But the non-human protagonist in this book is a car, a Buick Roadmaster to be more precise. It is some type of mythical creature thing with a tale that no one seems to know about.
That is all for this week's post, which I really hope you enjoyed reading. Please do take the opportunity to check out the rest of my blog posts which include other Top 5 Wednesday posts as well as my many book reviews. I also love engaging with my readers, so please feel free to comment below. I hope you look forward to next week's post as much as I look forward to writing it!
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