A Short Story : A Story?

“I didn’t want to come home half dead, that would upset you more, so I asked to stay in a hospital until I could leave,” he said.

“I still couldn’t comprehend that this might be a matter of life and death, that this was the most serious thing I’d ever been involved in.”

Will uses anger, denial, and sarcasm as defense mechanisms to push people away from him. He told people that he did not have a problem and that they were the ones with the problem. He used

“Don’t worry about it,” Mel said. “It is not like they care about you anyways.”

Archetype One At first it may seem like an obvious choice for Will’s character archetype would be the Explorer, but in reality, his traits align more solidly with The Rebel. Rebels see something flawed in their world and try to change it, Will sees that he is staying Inside and is not like other people, and so he goes Outside. While their primary goal is to fix what’s broken with big ideas and their ability to corral others as followers, much like Will did to Jonah, the Rebel’s weakness surround their fear of powerlessness and they often take their rebellion too far, venturing into a place of trying to prove themselves to others.

In the beginning of the story, Will gets what he paid for, Will talked behind Mike’s back. Kevin, Will’s friend, said very confidently to Will, “Do you really think that you can take him.” I think Kevin said this to help him change his mind about the fight, but he didn't change his mind. When Mike heard Will he said, “ I hear you want to fight me”. I think Mike said this to get on Will’s nerves and make him very nervous about the fight. Then Will accepted the fight. He looked confident but actually he was nervous on the inside. It looks like will is going to get what he paid for.

“How can I forget when all you do is talk about it? Why do you care? I’m the one who had to worry about getting caught. What if someone recognized me?”

" She's not even here! " Pete exclaimed, exasperated. He couldn't understand why Mikey was being so pissy.

“You sound like you were expecting to have me killed,” Chandler the Fair muttered in a sarcastic tone.

“How could you even say that?! Are you implying that I don’t care about you or love you?! You KNOW damn well that isn’t true, I can’t even believe you’re saying this,” he snapped back.

Before will was beaten into a coma, he lost his family to a house fire, which left him alone to face the harsh realities of life. He then turns to alcohol and cigarettes o get by spiraling him into a depression. Will drank so much he would have hallucinations and would hear his fathers rifle talking to him. Later he says,

“I wasn’t going to leave without you. And what would my brother think? He’s a police detective, and your friend, yet you wanted me to leave without saying anything? What are you up

Will is quite the typical teenager, he does not like attention and has a set of rules he likes to live by: “1. Don't care too much. 2. Shut up. Everything unfortunate that has ever happened to me has stemmed from failure to follow one of the rules.”

“Is that what that is?” Seth proclaimed. “Oh, thank God. I didn’t want to say anything before because I didn’t want to hurt your feelings, but I had honestly thought you’ve been really letting yourself go lately.”

Will is defensive towards everyone he comes in contact with. He experiences incongruence with his cockiness of being smarter than most but he doesn't feel he deserves better than living as a nobody.