Task 16: Character Profiles

Character Profile

Name: Keith Tate
Age: 36
General physical description: 6'0ft Ginger haired male with short ginger beard and moustache. Stocky build.
Hometown: Thornbury.
Type of home/ neighbourhood: Council estate.
Relationship status: Single.
Current family: One child.
Family background: Divorced parents. Separated with partner who is mother of his child. She is dead.
Other close relationships: Keith has close finds who he goes drinking with regularly. They are all drunks.
Job: Currently unemployed because of his disorderly behaviour and alcohol abuse. Often turns to         crime to make money.
Dress style: Very simple unbranded clothing which is often worn out and dirty. Can't afford new clothing and struggles to wash clothes.
Attitude to religion: Atheist and doesn't think God is real.
Favourite pastime: Drugs and alcohol to forget and numb the pain.
Consideration for others: Doesn't care about his family and treats them badly. Isn't bothered and doesn't realise how his drinking and drug taking affects people around him. He is selfish and ignorant and only think about himself.
How other people see him: Other people have little respect for him however feel too threatened and scared to stand up to him. They want to help him but he doesn't want to change and they are scared how he will react if they offer him help.
Other traits: He is very stubborn and arrogant and isn't willing to change for others which is shown later in the film. He is malicious and short tempered which causes him to lash out at people.
Readers will dislike this character because he is abusive.

Name: McKenzie Tate
Age:16
General physical description: Small and skinny boy with curly brown hair. 5'6 ft. and comes cross very vulnerable and submissive.
Hometown: Thornbury.
Type of home neighbourhood: Council estate.
Relationship status: Single.
Current family: Mother has died leaving just his father and himself. No other siblings.
Family background: Father is abusive and mother is dead. He had a close relationship with his mother and now feels isolated as she is not alive. His father doesn't respect for him and he feels threatened when he is around him. Life is hard as his dad spends all their money on drink and drugs He isn't close with uncles, aunties and cousins and feel ostracised from them because of his family situation.
Other close relationships: McKenzie has a very close female friend who he expresses his feelings to. She's the only person who listens to him problems and when he is around her is the only time he feels safe and free.
Job: Works at local grocery store in order to support himself. His dad doesn't agree with his son working because he's a control freak towards his son.
Dress style: Typical teenage clothes, plain, simple and casual.