Charlie Brown -- A symbol more than a character. Charlie Brown represents the angst, pain and rage of 20 something people living in a country which will leave them a multi-trillion dollar debt, few job oppurtunities and the clap. Charlie Brown has the same intensity, passion and fury of of great classical characters such as Melville's Ahab, Carlyle's Diogenes Deufelsdroch(sp!!) and Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Peppermint Patty and Marcie -- sniff... sniff... I smell LESBIANS!!

Linus -- A brilliant computer science student who wrote a system fivish UNIX clone during a 6 month hacking session. Starting off in assembler, he soon realized that the process would be sped up he if did some work in C. His OS now has a user base larger than that of Windows NT.

Snoopy -- Like Charlie Brown, Snoopy too is a symbol. Snoopy represents the imperialism, racism and hatred of White Male Beagles in Western civilization. The conflict between Snoopy and Lucy is symbolic of how a great divide exists between men and women on issues such as rape, abortion and affirmative action.

Woodstock -- Just three comments on this one: 1) Pluck him 2) Fry him 3) Eat him

Schroeder -- Represents the dying of the classics and the disregard today's youth have for the beauty of the past. No one really digs his tunes. They're just too old for the kids today to get.