Saturday, October 22, 2011

Journal #8 Character Profile Worksheet.

Character Profile Worksheet


Basic Statistics

Name: Jerome Garbaroum
Age: 17
Nationality: African American, from Ivory Coast
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Upper Middle Class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: Still a teenager
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Current Residence: Upper West Side, NYC
Occupation: No Job
Income: $0 (parents make money)
Talents/Skills: loves football, basketball, singing
Salary: None
Birth order: Only Child
Siblings (describe relationship): Only Child                       
Spouse (describe relationship): Not married
Children (describe relationship): No Children
Grandparents (describe relationship): All deceased except for one, his grandmother. Very close to his grandmother, has been his support system for all his life
Grandchildren (describe relationship): None
Significant Others (describe relationship): Has a girlfriend, very close to her. She’s a very different person than him, and he must learn to adjust to it.
Relationship skills: Hopeless Romantic, He really knows how to treat a girl right.


Physical Characteristics:

Height: 6’3
Weight: 170 lbs.
Race: African American- From Cote d’ivoire
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Hair Color: Black
Glasses or contact lenses? None
Skin color: Dark Brown
Shape of Face: Heart/ Oval Shape face
Distinguishing features: Dimples
how does he/she dress? Really Nice
Mannerisms: Polite, Really Shy, Sometimes Rude, Spoiled
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) Doesn’t smoke, Drinks Occasionally
Health: Really Healthy
Hobbies: Football, Singing, dancing
Favorite Sayings: loves to say “good Sh*t”
Speech patterns: Minor Accent
Disabilities: none
Style (Elegant, shabby etc.): Mostly Casual, sometimes elegant but dresses really nice
Greatest flaw: stutters sometimes when he speaks
Best quality: Sweetheart


Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Educational Background: Currently in High School
Intelligence Level: Really Intelligent
Any Mental Illnesses? None
Learning Experiences: Good experiences, has always done well in school.
Character's short-term goals in life: to get high SAT scores, get into a good college, become quarterback on the football team
Character's long-term goals in life: find the love of his life, play for the NFL,
How does Character see himself/herself? Sometimes puts himself down, sees himself as an okay person. He doesn’t believe in himself very much.
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others? People see him as the perfect all around guy. People sometimes make fun of him because he stutters.
How self-confident is the character? Not very self-confidant.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? He is ruled basically by both, but more by emotion.
What would most embarrass this character? Getting a low grade on a quiz or report card, or stuttering a lot in front of a group of people.


Emotional Characteristics


Strengths/Weaknesses: One of his weaknesses are girls, once he likes one, it’s hard for him to get over her. One of his strengths is academics.
Introvert or Extrovert? He is mostly an Introvert, but sometimes an extrovert.
How does the character deal with anger? He doesn’t deal very well with things when he is really upset.
With sadness? When he is sad, he deals okay, because he keeps to himself.
With conflict? He knows how to deal with conflict.
With change? He deals well with change.
With loss? He used to not be able to deal very well with loss, but now he can.
What does the character want out of life? To be successful and find love.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? How he stutters, and the situation in his country.
What motivates this character? His Grandmother.
What frightens this character? Death
What makes this character happy? Playing football and finding love.
Is the character judgmental of others? He can be judgmental sometimes.
Is the character generous or stingy? Generous
Is the character generally polite or rude? Generally polite.


Spiritual Characteristics

Does the character believe in God? Yes
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? Everything in Catholicism
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Not really, his parents force him to belive in the faith.
If so, what role does it play?

What does this character want?? Need?  Wish?  Hope?

He hopes to be successful in life. He really wants to learn how to be a more outgoing person. In life he really wants to find somebody to love. He really hopes that someday he will stutter less. Sometimes Jerome wonders if he will every find a girlfriend, because of the way he stutters sometimes. He wishes that someday he would be able to learn how to accept change and new things in a better way.

This is the Type of person…

1)  This is the type of guy who would give up everything in his life for football.
2)    This is the type of guy who would laugh endlessly to himself if someone tripped or fell, although he is a very reserved guy.
3)    This is the type of guy who would dress to impress wherever he goes, and even in sweatpants, he must still look good.
4)    This is the type of guy who falls in love fast, and when he falls in love, he falls hard.
5)    This is the type of guy who would stay at a hotel for a few days if he found out a mouse or rat was in his home. 

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