Introverts Rising
Posted by: Karen
With Quiet:The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain enjoying its second month on the New York Times Bestseller list, I got to thinking about where some of literature’s most infamous inventions would land on a Myers-Briggs test.
- Leopold Bloom. Introvert. Did not mind his own company.
- Nick Carraway. Definite introvert tendencies. Small group of friends, but did seek them out and feel energized by social interaction.
- Howard Roark. Total Introvert. People? What other people?
- Tom Sawyer. Extrovert. Sawyer liked socializing. (A little too much, if you know what I mean.)
- Gregor Samsa. Introvert inclinations predate isolation related to turning into a giant bug.
- Clarissa Dalloway. She’s throwing a big party… but still, I think she goes in the introvert column.
Hmmmm. Lots of “I”s on the list. Coincidence?
