Chronichles of a Madman
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Essay title: Chronichles of a Madman
Chronicles of a Madman
By: Stephen Natale
Published by New American Library
Character Physical Traits
Johnny- Tall, skinny, short black hair, dark venomous eyes
“Johnny was a tall slender type person who hated the way he looked.” “He stared down with dark eyes that seemed to go on as an abyss of space.”
Squee- A small child with short black hair and blue eyes
“Squee was Johnny’s friend, even if he didn’t want to be, it was strange Of Johnny to befriend a child.” “Squee is very short and portly with short black hair and blue eyes that were like giant sapphires.”
Jakki- Tall, slender, long black hair with white streaks down the front sides.
“Jakki was a tall skinny Goth type girl with long black hair typically with white stripes down the front sides.”
Character Personality Traits
Johnny- Johnny is a crazy killer who will stop at nothing to annihilate the world’s population. Johnny is extremely cold hearted person who gruesomely murders any one who makes him mad. This is shown when he rips someone’s spine out of there body simply because the person sneezed on him.
Squee- Squee is very scared and can never grip reality, growing up with the terrible parents that he has. He can never be happy, the only person he has been friends with is Johnny and he is frightened to death of him. Inside Squee is truly a great person, this is shown when he helps a dieing dog heal and stay alive, Squee spent weeks helping the poor dog.
Jakki- Jakki is a strong, intelligent, brave person. She has been on the run from Johnny for almost two years. She has shown that she can overcome the hardest of times when she was right in the grip of Johnny’s wrath she was the only one to survive in a three mile radius.
Setting
This story takes place in a post apocalyptic future world, Johnny chases Jakki all around the world, but the book never really names the specific places. The whole world is in ruins due to Johnny’s wrath.
Plot
The first main event was that Johnny had met Squee. Johnny helped Squee understand that his parents are not the ones turning him into an evil person. Johnny helped Squee become a much better person
Another main event was when Johnny was chasing after Jakki, Being the only person he has never been able to kill has been quite vexing to Johnny. This event has been very exciting. Johnny meets Jakki after escaping from an insane asylum. Johnny then tries to kill Jakki. After failing the murder Johnny chases Jakki around the world trying to kill her, leaving no one in his wake of destruction.
Venn diagram
Johnny Squee
Differences Similarities Differences
No emotions Hate themselves Caring
Tall Black hair Short
Skinny Afraid to die Portly
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