The Complex Persona of John Bender

1. What Bender says and thinks – important scenes. • Troublemaker, he always does everything against he rules, and doesn’t do as he’s told. • He puts on a brave front but when he gets asked about his parents he lets his guard down and shows some emotion. • He’s starting to fall for Claire and after a while she starts falling for him, and thinking he’s cool • He acts like he owns the school. • He set his shoe on fire and then lit his cigarette off it. • He’s rude to the principal “Richard Vernon; you’re not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be you. John Bender; Eat my shorts. Richard Vernon; what was that? John Bender; Eat…my….shorts” • He tells people what he thinks “Claire Standish; what’s your name? John Bender; what's yours? Claire Standish; Claire John Bender; Claire? Claire Standish; Claire. It’s a family name John Bender; oh it’s a fat girls name Claire Standish; oh thank you John Bender; you’re welcome Claire Standish; I’m not fat John Bender; well not at the present, but I can see you really pushing maximum density. See I’m not sure you know this, but there are two kinds of fat people; there’s fat people that were born to be fat, and there’s fat people that were once thin but became fat.. So when I look at ‘em you can sorta see that then person inside. You see, your gonna get married, your gonna squeeze a few puppies out and then uh…”