Thursday, 24 April 2014

John Mcswaggins - The character tree

What does this person look like?

Average ginger, dresses normally; jeans, t-shirt.

Where does he live?

His house is never seen in the film however, he lives in Southend.

Where did they go to school?

Went to the Larry Grammar school in Brighton

Do they have tattoos? why?

No. He does not want them because he thinks they are stupid. 

Who is his best friend?

Charles Pipping the 4th, the current king of Fenchurch Street

What is his occupation?
unemployed, used to have a job at a veggie place but got fired for sneaking bacon when no-one was looking.

What does this person want? 

To find out what is inside the box and to escape the clutches of the agents after him. 

How does their sexuality manifest itself? 

To John, it really isn't a big deal. 

How does he feel about the classic "sins"? 

He acts upon most of them; he is an all round terrible member of society. 

What about him is very basic and puerile? 

He finds other peoples misfortune funny. 

What does this person need?

To go about his daily life and get rid of the box (it keeps appearing when he gets rid of it) 

What will make them a more functional person? 

If the box was out of his life. Every time it shows up,  the agents show up. John just really wants to get on with his day. He is fairly self confident and believes in himself quite a lot.

how does this person sound? 

Well-spoken and attempts to come off as an understanding person when in fact he couldn't care less.

What is their intelligence? 

He is fairly intelligent and is able to overcome nearly every task he is given

How does it manifest itself? 

In the way he uses words and his ability to think quickly.

How practical are they?

Very. He is able to work with what's around him and is able to get good results with almost everything that he does.

What is their artistic capacity?

He has no interest in being creative. Although this does not mean that he cannot be creative, he often accidentally creates things without meaning to.

What elements of them are NOT practical? 

He has hardly any motivation to do things. The only time he does things is when he wants to or when the moment calls for it.

What is their spirituality? 

He is an atheist, he has no religion. He believes it distracts him from his daily life.


Review your answers. Do they represent a coherent character? 


What are their defining memories?

Working at the veggie place, it was a fun time and he had a good laugh with his friends there.

How, in a nutshell, do they behave?

Well behaved, polite member of society. He is very single-minded; he only wishes to go about his day, if anything derails his schedule, he gets frustrated, confused and panicy.














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