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John Bender Character Traits
The character John Bender throughout the movie was the criminal or in other words the bad kid. John really didn’t respect anyone in the movie he either made fun of them or made them feel like crap. John didn’t care what he did, in the beginning of the movie he walked across the street and the cars had to stop for him. Also John also bossed everyone around, when someone sitting in a chair he wanted to sit in he would make them move to another seat. John has a bad home life, when he was talking about his parents, he said that his dad yells at him and his mom. Also when the other kids were not believing him, John showed them a scar from cigar burn. John feels like all people are mean, and no one likes him, that’s why he doesn't care if
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