Jessica aka Jassi
image:She’s an Indian woman. She’s beautiful, with smooth caramel skin and long beautiful black hair. She is slim and tall and is well accomplished in her life. She is a teacher, who was supposed to be a nurse. She had just received tenure at her job and is one of the youngest teachers to receive it. She is independent now she was not before. And she sees herself as the one who is independent and most accomplished out of her whole family, but they do not see it this way. She is living two separate lives.
Voice: Jassi has a soft-spoken voice. She speaks to everyone with respect and has manners. In her family she is not allowed to speak up for herself but when she is away from them, she is well able to. She teaches young children, elementary students. Her voice itself is firm but kind.
Desire: She wants to be independent in her eyes not her parents. She does not want her parent’s approval anymore for anything. She wants to begin to do things on her own. Wants to be under control of her own life not what her parents want, they keep forcing the med school on her. She definitely does not want to marry an Indian man.
Conflict:Disapproval from family about everything she desires. Forceful arranged marriage. Family keeps forcing a med school on her. The strict Indian culture.
Action:Jassi keeps doing things that her parents aren’t approving of. She goes into teaching rather than nursing. She is a different person when she is not with her family. She changes herself by slowly rebelling by not being disrespectful towards her family.
Mom (Suni)
Image:Typical Indian mom. Jassi is a spitting image of her. Though mom is shorter than she use to be and is getting older now. Suni was a nurse and is now retired at the age of 50. She encountered some health problems that involved her knees and her diabetic issues. She is a housewife now and she hates it. She loves her Indian serials (shows) and she loves to cook. Her mom (nani) taught her at a very young age. She loves her kids especially Jassi, she sees a lot of potential in her that she wishes she had. She is always pushing her more than the younger siblings.
Voice:Suni has a loud voice. She is very blunt; she tells things as it is and she never holds back. She always says what’s on her mind. Especially when it comes to disciplining, her husband (papa/raj) does not come in the way of that. She is an independent woman, just like Jassi and she makes it known that she has accomplished a lot such as getting her nursing license and leveling up to nursing management.
Desire:Wants the best for her family. She is especially rooting for Jassi to be like her because she was born in India and somewhat raised there so she knows the culture, traditions, and family values. She wants her to have the best career that is not teaching and wants her to marry into another Indian family. She wants a lot for her family because she is accomplished and provided for hers and wants jassi to do the same but the “Indian” way.
Conflict:Though Jassi is respectful of her family her and Suni don’t see eye to eye. Suni is always having snarky remarks about jassi’s career and keeps pushing things on her.
Action:Suni (mom) communicates in a different way than Jassi wants her to. She is not understanding and only wants her opinions to be heard and just tells Jassi to listen to her.
Ysabelle
She’s filipino-american. She has black hair that reaches her back. She’s very slender. Her eyes are a light brown. She’s 20 years old. Her skin is a bit tan. She always has her nails done. She dresses in athletic wear a lot of the time because she’s a dancer.
She is from the Bronx. She uses slang a lot. She is also outspoken. She speaks her mind whenever she wants.
She wants to move out of her parent’s home. (freedom) She wants to have a better relationship with her mother.
Her mother demands her to take care of the younger siblings because the father left them for another woman. The mom constantly puts down Ysabelle and makes her feel like she is not important.
She works two jobs in order to make more money to put into her savings to move out. She begins to go against her mother’s wishes and doesn’t watch the children sometimes. She tries to have heart to heart talks with her mom about her life. She spends time with her mom by taking her out to dinner, buying her a gift, and helping to pay the bills.
Joseph
He’s 6’3. He’s African-American but light skin. He has brown eyes. He has a lot of tattoos. His hair is short.
He is rude. He likes to joke around. He is blunt. He is easily irritated.
He wants to break up with his girlfriend of 3 years. He wants to stop working so much.
His girlfriend’s parents died in a car crash. He is doesn’t want to leave her alone in her time of need. He gets fired from his current job that pays well because he cursed out his boss. He cannot afford to be without his job because his lifestyle is expensive.
He begins searching for a new job. He fights with his girlfriend about small things. He tries to avoid seeing her all day until it’s time to go to bed. He goes out every weekend to hang out with his friends. He begins to see someone else at the same time. He becomes frustrated when his new job isn’t what he wants.
Oneika:
Marie:
(1) Destinee is as tall as a yard stick. Her skin is porcelain peach, and her hair is honey brown. She speaks in a respectful and soft tone; almost melodically addicting. She wants to become a singer; she enjoys signing with the birds in the mornings, in the shower, as she’s getting dressed for work, and in her mother’s garden. However, she is deathly afraid of public speaking. She finds it heart-reaching to even stand in front of her co-workers’ monthly meetings to address any feedback for her mutil-million dollar stock broker company. The desire to leave the company and become a singer created a flame of immediate action. She started recording her voice and playing it for her friends and peers to receive positive criticism. In doing so, she was able to take the feedback and build courage to then sign in front of them. As scary as she thought it was going to be, she went ahead to do this even though she was in an uncomfortable space. She learned to be comfortable, with her uncomfortabilities.
(2) Trevor’s presence bursts into the room whenever he wears a short sleeved shirt. His bulky football physic makes it almost impossible to not notice. His talk show-ready voice was inviting, just as his willingness to be the best version of himself in every game. He sees himself being the most athletic example on his team, yet his teammates all seem to be ambitious just as he is. He crafts a plan in mind to separate himself outside of practice from the others, so that he can learn different methods and implement newer, more unfamiliar strategic approaches in his practice sessions.
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