Looking for commonly misunderstood famous books or characters from famous books.

I have marked this as spoiler because of the nature of this discussion, also, by the nature of this discussion everything we talk about should be fairly well-known books and characters.

I am trying to compile a list of commonly misunderstood books or characters from popular works of fiction to facilitate a conversation about media literacy.

As an example of a book, I am thinking of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

For examples of characters, I am thinking of Paul Atreides from Dune and Satan from Paradise Lost.

I would love to hear other people’s examples of both.

Also, I consider myself fairly well-read, but I may have to ask for clarification.

Thank you all in advance.