John Collins In 'Romeo And Juliet'
Madison Pendergraft
Classics 2220
Who is John Collins? In classroom 302 of Austin, I had the pleasure of interviewing and minorly getting to know one of my classmates. John Collins comes from a mid-sized town in North Carolina called Hickory “in the middle of nowhere”. He was raised mainly by his mother, because his father worked long hours, and therefore gains many of his ideals from her. Even though he appears to be a stereotypical college frat boy, as he is rushing Sigma Nu, he aspires to be a successful nurse. When questioned about his experience analyzing plays, he admits to having never read one on his own and only recalls reading Romeo and Juliet when he was in High School as part of the curriculum in which he states he learned that the same passage can mean many different things to everyone. He expands that he is intrigued by Greek literature and Greek military strategy, and how he loves the movie Troy for its lack of idolizing …show more content…
relationships and focuses on heroism. Even now as he is assigned to read Medea he states that he has “only read the first four pages”, and therefore has many empty answers to questions when asked about the play. It isn’t until the deeper questions are asked that he reveals his gentle and respectful opinion. When inquired if Jason was in the wrong for leaving Medea, and he responds “yes, because he was using her and I don’t agree with that, and when he got where he wanted and to safety, he abandons her, marries into the next royal bloodline, and abandons her.” He really lets out his softer side and shows you that he is more than just your typical High School football player that came to college, joined a frat, doesn’t respect women, won’t commit, and is self-absorbed with only one goal in college; to bang anything that walks.
This is apparent when he talks about his mom. In his voice, you could hear an empathy for Medea and how he felt that “if I got cheated on even though I kept you safe and did everything in my power to make you happy and to give you what you wanted at all times because your needs would be in front of mine” that he sympathized with Medea and had a strong conviction that Jason was erroneous for what he did to Medea, and that his new wife was wrong for marrying Jason knowing that she was breaking apart their
marriage. From this interview, I realized that not all frat boys are the same. I’ve never been the type of person to judge a book by its cover, but after being hurt by a few too many of the same type of person, you tend to form a bias. He also showed me that guys can let you see who they truly are, show their soft side, and be humble. Our society has told young men that they shouldn’t show their emotions or let people see their soft side, and this change of thinking was quite refreshing and allowed me to see that there is more to this young man than his navy blue jacket, yellow stripped tie, and khakis.
Classics 2220
Who is John Collins? In classroom 302 of Austin, I had the pleasure of interviewing and minorly getting to know one of my classmates. John Collins comes from a mid-sized town in North Carolina called Hickory “in the middle of nowhere”. He was raised mainly by his mother, because his father worked long hours, and therefore gains many of his ideals from her. Even though he appears to be a stereotypical college frat boy, as he is rushing Sigma Nu, he aspires to be a successful nurse. When questioned about his experience analyzing plays, he admits to having never read one on his own and only recalls reading Romeo and Juliet when he was in High School as part of the curriculum in which he states he learned that the same passage can mean many different things to everyone. He expands that he is intrigued by Greek literature and Greek military strategy, and how he loves the movie Troy for its lack of idolizing …show more content…
relationships and focuses on heroism. Even now as he is assigned to read Medea he states that he has “only read the first four pages”, and therefore has many empty answers to questions when asked about the play. It isn’t until the deeper questions are asked that he reveals his gentle and respectful opinion. When inquired if Jason was in the wrong for leaving Medea, and he responds “yes, because he was using her and I don’t agree with that, and when he got where he wanted and to safety, he abandons her, marries into the next royal bloodline, and abandons her.” He really lets out his softer side and shows you that he is more than just your typical High School football player that came to college, joined a frat, doesn’t respect women, won’t commit, and is self-absorbed with only one goal in college; to bang anything that walks.
This is apparent when he talks about his mom. In his voice, you could hear an empathy for Medea and how he felt that “if I got cheated on even though I kept you safe and did everything in my power to make you happy and to give you what you wanted at all times because your needs would be in front of mine” that he sympathized with Medea and had a strong conviction that Jason was erroneous for what he did to Medea, and that his new wife was wrong for marrying Jason knowing that she was breaking apart their
marriage. From this interview, I realized that not all frat boys are the same. I’ve never been the type of person to judge a book by its cover, but after being hurt by a few too many of the same type of person, you tend to form a bias. He also showed me that guys can let you see who they truly are, show their soft side, and be humble. Our society has told young men that they shouldn’t show their emotions or let people see their soft side, and this change of thinking was quite refreshing and allowed me to see that there is more to this young man than his navy blue jacket, yellow stripped tie, and khakis.