Jesse - Eldest sibling in
My Sister's Keeper, Delinquent, Misunderstood, Unseen, Seen too clear.
Chelsey - Eldest sibling, Perfectionist, Misunderstood, Seen, Not seen clear enough.
Yes, I'm a self-proclaimed perfectionist. This to me is similar to being a delinquent because while a delinquent (Jesse in particular) uses destruction of physical property to oppose the lack of control they have for most situations in their family life, I (as a perfectionist) try to control many aspects of my life specifically academics simply to mask the fact that I feel so much lack of control as far as my family dynamics go.. There is so much I want to fix to make my family "better," "happier" but I can never make progress so I turn to other things that I can control and look for perfection because if I can perfect everything else in my life maybe the family stuff will just fall into place too..
Although Jesse is not really seen by his family on a day-to-day basis, the trouble he gets himself into makes him become too apparent in the eyes of his parents because he only gets the attention for his mistakes.. Whereas my family is up-to-date on all my accomplishments, often brag too much about them, but even though I get so much attention from them, none of them really know me for me. They only get the one side of me, the achieving side. They don't see what I go through on a daily basis to achieve what I achieve. How hard it is for me to get things done and the reasons I do what I do how I do it.
"He feels like if he can't fix it, he must destroy something else..."