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- a4 ~ ' HEARNAP BRI @ NOTES . Who is CINQUE? a. Background: Black ,ghetto poor,broken or disturbed family,” father, middle to late twenties.,- has_heen_imprisioned, has children. “a. b. Cc. d. . Motivations: Middle=cTass outlook, ‘overly developed sense’ of morality and) —— conscience, problems of will and decision, strong needs for significance. power and acceptance, he expects to fail. . Character Traits: Compensates for feelings of inadequacy by posing as strong willed, decisive personality. Docile, easily Jed by females, deferential. insecure, self-deprecating and guilt-ridden. . . Position in Group: He is the central personality of the SLA faction holding” Patricia, he is the action focus of the group, the doer not the thinker. He is intellectually inferior to Jalena who is probably his wife and second in the group pecking order. Cinque uses more first person refer- ences than any of the other talkers, significantly avoids the past tense _ in favor of active constructions and present constructions. Acceptance and approval from females and particulariy the mother of his children is of paramount significance and sustains his pose and position. . Intellect: Conceptual structure is sparse, he has difficulty manipulating . complex notions and is rather single dimensioned in his outlook. Clearly, he Jooks to Jalena for his thinking. ; . Reality Perceptions: Niave, projective, innocent view of reality. Displaces guilt and responsibility in paranoiad projections. Categorical, uni- dimensional constructions of the world. Psuedo- intelectual ized rational -. izations as defensive posing. . Status Change: ‘Cinque remains the central and dominant figure in the group. The others of the group identify and project their collective personaliti through him. Weak and will-less though he is, he is their action alter ego. . Who is JALENA? Background: College graduate, well read, educated particularly in the rhetoric of the left. Second or third generation Californian of middle class, well-off, black parents. Probably quite caucasion in appearance, attracti. Socially adept and well] groomed (or at least when not trying to pass as black ghetto). She is a mother in her early to middle twenties. She is -comfortable with social situations and is not deferential to her “social. betters", Motivations: Power through identification with strong male, action image. Seek: security, father figure. Character Traits: Passive, willing to take secondary role, timid, uncertain and insecure, unassertive unless supported. Position in Group: The brains, the,thinker, the planner. Probably Cinque’ Ss. wife. sy | ; _ y? van Ren an Spee OGTR -