Please Stop Laughing at Me – Jodee Blanco Character Sketch “Please Stop Laughing at Me” is an autobiography based upon Jodee Blanco's early life, and her struggles with bullying and being an outcast. Despite her troublesome past, Jodee carries a distinctive and individualistic personality and character. Her experiences have evolved her into a caring and empathetic person, among other things, and have also made her into an admirable being. Although Jodee was never somebody to do wrong as a child, her desire to care for the “underdog”, as well as her action in doing so, causes a lot of scrutiny from the people around her, and further causes her difficulty in both her social and personal life. This, however, hardly ever slows her down, and she …show more content…
She typically avoids hurting others, and always defends the people who have been harmed. Even though she always tries to look after everybody, people rarely look after her. Due to that kind of isolation, Jodee looks down upon herself and expels a low self-esteem, and is very sensitive to what people say and to do to her. She has difficulty tolerating herself thanks to all the degradation she experienced through her years, and she longs for acceptance from her peers and to fit in with all the other kids.
“Time after time, my "friends" had shown me their true colours. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain.” (Pg. 128) Throughout Jodee’s life, she has overcome many hardships and obstacles that stopped her from having a regular childhood, like all the other children. She experienced plenty of abuse from her peers, as well as the people around her, and because of that, she's become a very fragile person. Despite this, she always bounces back when people throw her down, and she always fights for what she wants and what she believes in. A very kind and virtuously good individual at heart, Jodee is a very talented and empathetic person who definitely proved her bullies