Although unbearable and insupportable, the others do not depict him as the guilty party for removing the screw and closing the door in the library, this shows that the rest of the detention crew is scared of what he will do to them because of what he comes off to be. .
Benders true personality is hidden beneath a lot of internal pain caused by his life outside of school. John is subjected to severe mental and physical abuse at home. His father continuously nails him with vulgar names and burns his forearm with a lit cigar for spilling paint in the garage. I believe it is then that he rebels and becomes the "criminal". It is sad though, because it seems as though he is labeled for life. Mr. Vernon yells at him, "See what he'll be like in 5 years." It's ironic that he has developed such a pessimistic outlook on life, yet he possesses such a fanatical insight into others' personalities. Deep down John is very caring, you can tell that, in his own way, he has feelings for Claire. His persona is very deceiving and leads you to believe that he doesn"t have a good heart, but in reality it is just his mask he puts on to hide all of the pain he is actually feeling. John takes it upon himself to save the others when they wander the halls and Mr. Vernon hears them. Here you can see that he truly wants to be a good person but is too scared what people will think of him if he wasn"t the typical punk.
Andrew Clark, the athlete, always appears to want to please everyone around him; his father, his coach and his peers. Thus, his persona always comes off to be seen as the "popular" boy and he is ridiculed by Bender because of it. He is very defensive of Claire and doesn"t seem to trust anyone of lower social status when the movie first begins. .
Andrew's true personality is clearly different from what he is perceived as by others. It seems that he is looked at by others as a person that he doesn"t essentially want to be.
