Soooooooo about this Weary character…I find him to be quite funny actually. Of course, he is a little creepy, what with the freaky ninja weapons and the disturbing pony picture, but otherwise, he’s kind of amusing. I just get this image of this little toad-like guy all bundled up and running back and forth; delivering fake messages like a child would during a pretend game. Plus, the whole scene where he is beating up Billy, that was funny. Billy is this tall, calm, lanky guy. All he probably has to do is hold Weary’s head while he tries to kick him, like what older siblings do to younger annoying siblings. Instead, he just takes it and lets this teeny little guy beat the crap out of him. It just looks weird in my head and it makes me laugh a bit.
However, I do wonder about what made Weary this way. In my opinion, he is like a new little kid at school, just trying to be accepted, particularly by the older kids. It’s a bit sad in a pathetic way, he tries to get “in” with people, but all he does is push them away with his strangeness and his anger. The more he gets denied, the more upset he gets and the more he tries to get accepted. In the book, it mentioned how Weary would hook up with kids more pathetic then him, just for companionship, but then would beat them up because no one else liked him and he wanted the others to accept him, not some pathetic kid. In a way, it’s kind of like his relationship with Billy and the two scouts. The scouts are the older kids who won’t accept Weary, so he buddies up with Billy. Billy doesn’t have proper clothing and he bobs when he walks, making him more of a loser then Weary. He’s nice to Billy at first, trying to keep him going, just like any friend would. However, it’s not enough for him, because although he has Billy, he wants to be friends with the cool scouts. So, upon abandonment, he gets angry and takes it out on Billy. Its all one vicious cycle of a funny, yet creepy character.
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I agree with you. Weary even refers to himelf and the two scouts as the Three Muskateers. When they decided to leave Weary, he puts the blame on Billy. I think that Billy could have been abused as a child because he now always wants to be in control of his friends.
Nice job catching the similarities of the events in his past and his treatment of Billy. Some people never change eh?
Agreed. Weary was a funny character, even though he was pretty disturbing in some ways. He makes me think of the kid at school who tries to act all tough to bulk himself up, to hide all the problems he has (like always being alone. Weary cared and was sensitive about that, but he would never admit it to his peers). Like Kevin said, I think there are hints to problems at home during his childhood that may have led to him turning out like he did--his dad may not have been the best influence, with his bizarre torture instrument collection.
Lovely post mah gurl Lisa! :D
The thoughts you expressed in the second paragraph of the post were astutely amazing in my opinion, and I completely agree with them. It was also very neat to add in the other two scouts to Weary and Billy's relationship.
Personally, I find it funny how the scouts end up getting themselves killed after abandoning Billy and Weary. Seems the "cool kids" and their stupidity end up getting themselves killed in the end. Thank God I'm so awkward.
The only question I have now is that I wonder what Weary's true past was like...
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