Reading this story again after so many years, I realised that my preference of characters have also changed over the years.
Story
A ship sank in a storm. Five survivors scrambled aboard two lifeboats: a sailor, a woman, and an old man in one boat; the woman's' fiancé and his best friend in the second.That evening, the storm continued, and the two boats separated. The one with the sailor, the woman and the old man washed ashore on an island and was wrecked. The woman looked all night in vain for the other boat or any sign of her fiancée.
The next day the weather cleared and still the woman could not locate her fiancé. In the distance she saw another island. Hoping to find her fiancé, she begged the sailor to repair the boat and row her to the other island. The sailor agreed, on the condition that she sleep with him that night.
Distraught, she went to the old man for advice. "I can't tell you what's right or wrong for you," he said. "Look into your heart and follow it." Confused but desperate, she agreed to the sailor's condition.
The next morning the sailor fixed the boat and rowed her to the other island. Jumping out of the boat, she ran up the beach, into the arms of her fiancé. She then decided to tell him about the previous night. In a rage, he pushed her aside and said, "Get away from me! I don't want to see you again!" Weeping, she started to walk slowly down the beach.
Her fiancé's best friend saw her and went to her, put his arm around her, and said, "I can tell that you two had a fight. I'll try to patch it up, but in the meantime, I'll take care of you."
Rank the characters, from the one you like most to the one you like least.
The SailorThe Woman
The Old Man
The Women's Fiancé
The Fiancé's Best Friend
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