character who sometimes acted, felt, or viewed the world in a
similar way as you do? This character may also have shown
some behaviors that are different from yours, but focus only on
the similarities you liked. Write their name into Quadrant I. If
you can think of several characters, choose the one you identi-
fied with most.
Quadrant II: Write down the name of a different character in
which you saw yourself, but for this quadrant choose a charac-
ter you disliked overall. He should have aspects of his person-
ality or should have behaved and expressed himself in ways of
which you do not approve. And again, if you can think of sev-
eral characters, choose the one you identified with most.
For Quadrant III: Choose a character that strikes you as
being different from yourself but whom you liked or admired,
either for their innate qualities or possibly for the way they
related to others. If you can think of several characters, choose
the one about whom you feel most positively.
In Quadrant IV: Write the name of a character you could not
identify with, or could only identify with very little and about
whom you had negative feelings perhaps because of their
demeanor, expressions, or actions. If in doubt, choose the one
you identify with the least and toward whom you felt most neg-
atively.
After you have completed your Film Matrix, use it in the
exercises that follow in chapters 9 and 10.
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