Kearney+Zzyzwicz

=__Kearney Zzyzwicz__=


 * Gender** Male
 * Hair** Shaved
 * Age** 19-20 (appears 15, but has a child)
 * Job** 6th Grade Student at [|Springfield Elementary School]
 * Relatives**
 * Father**: Kearney Senior
 * Mother**: Mrs Zzyzwicz
 * Son**: Little Kearney

Kearney Zzyzwicz's role is of minor degree, and he is not too often to be seen in the show. His role practically represents one of the "bad guys" in the show, and bullies at the school. The most important function with this role is that it gives us an insight in different parts of the school society, but also promotes the typical way of thinking and behaving when being seen on as a bully.

The character is static because he doesn't change through the show. He is always the same which includes threatening and beating people, and not acting too smart. We can define Kearney as a Stock character (special type of Flat character) because he is exactly what we combine with a stereotype of a bully. And while appearing in fiction we will immediately recognize his role (bully) in the show.

Kearney is in many ways a good example of a stereotype of a typical bully. Not only does he have the looks, with his big body and not exactly friendly face, but he also behaves like real bullies do. He is not know for being one of the smartest people in the show, and often seem to act before he thinks. And when he acts it's often without good intensions. Neither does he say much smart. When he talks we get a good impression of how he looks at life, where he seems to be laidback and with no great ambitions. Most of the things he says are threats to people that are weaker than him, like the nerds at the school. Using his body language in a threatening way is in many ways a warning to that we should be careful if "playing" with guys like him. He thinks that he with violence can achieve control and power over people and bully them when it fits him. He feels that he is big when he has control over people and when they fear him. But actually we can see that he is insecure and not that though, when he believes that the only way of proving himself to others is through bulling others.

Kearney is big and can appear dangerous to many people that are smaller than him, which most pupils at high school are. His head is shaved, which makes him look like a criminal. His body language seems a bit threatening and makes people not wanting to argue with him. With baggy clothes and leather bracelets he got the typical style of a bully. He has knows that he can use violence to make people afraid of him, and he uses it very well. He doesn't care much about school and knows that he's not the smartest, so he want to prove himself in a different and "cool" way. Most people that are weaker than he is are afraid of him. But others just look at him as a looser who doesn't do anything good in his life.

Kearney's main physical characteristic is that he is very big and a bit overweight; with a bald head and not a too friendly face he can sometimes remind us of a criminal of minor level. Emotions are not exactly the world we would combine with Kearney, and we haven't either seen much of them. Mentally he is not very mature which we can see reflects in his behaviour towards others. I wouldn't say that his social skills are the best either. People that understand human relations wouldn't choose to beat someone up because they didn't do as we said or did something that annoyed us. Again, threatening and beating up people shows us that the moral standards of the character are rather low.

The characteristics are mainly revealed through words and action. Kearney is known for showing off his strengths and using violence if he sees it needed over for weaker persons than him, but he is also often seen threatening others if they do not behave like he wants. The characteristic of the character makes him believable, because he is the stereotype of what we combine with a true high school bully. It also makes him interesting because he is not a typical average student. His look and his behaviour make us wanting to know more about him. Kearney's strength is that he is physically strong and that he can get people to act the way he wants by using violence. Usually we do not look at the last one as a definition on strength, but Kearney is the type of person that probably would look at this as a great strength. His weaknesses are that he is a real bully; he is feared by other students and people, he is rued, not very considering and he is definitely not very smart either. This reflects in his actions. Kearney is 19 years old, even though he looks like 15 in the show. He goes to Springfield Elementary School and has taken third class over again a fem times. He is almost baled (wears a buzz cut) and usually wears white long and torn T-shirts. He lives at his parents and has custody of his baby son. He drives a Hyundai and shaves regularly. He has also often tricked Homer Simpson into buying him alcohol. His interests are not too many, besides bulling other people and hanging out with his not so smart friends. He is not the type that wants to show that he has fears, but we know he is not that self-confident as he wants to be, and he is afraid of letting people see that.

I would say that the character Kearney Zzyzwick is used to explore and reveal some aspects of human nature. Kearney is in many ways a typical bully that wants to show of how powerful he is through using violence and hard words. But in many ways he is insecure in himself, which also prevents him from sowing other feelings than anger. But a few times we have seen him open up, where we got to see his softer feelings. (Like the time where he told Bart that he hadn't had a best friend before). In real life we also find persons among us that find it easier to act "cool" and push others around, than being nice towards people. In many ways this tells us that they want to hide their low self-confidence by acting above the person they really are.