ESFP 7w8 Characters

Jennifer only cares about what she can do in the world—about her clothes and appearance, about how popular she can be, about leaping at the chance to invite over a cute boy (and sleep with him, since “my mom will be out of town this weekend”). She is grounded and tactile, introducing her TV mom to the idea of sex, and then its practical applications, which awakens her feelings for someone other than her husband. Jennifer shows very little intuition or interest in anything that isn’t tangible, until she learns the value of reading books and in being serious and allowing her academic and deeper side to shine—as she tells her brother, she has “done the slut thing…” now maybe it’s time to do the “scholar thing.” She does whatever she feels like doing, while ignoring her brother’s advice to be careful not to do anything to disrupt the plot line of the episode they are in, acting on her feelings for Skip and later for her own interest in reading books (and refusing to let them burn her copy of Lady Chatterly’s Lover). Jennifer thinks that the television world should conform to her values and feelings and what she wants, rather than wanting to conform to its needs and the beliefs of her time. She bucks them on purpose, because she doesn’t like them, an indication of her Fi-driven rebellious nature. She doesn’t question where the television repairman comes from; she just wants him to fix the remote control so she can use it! It excites her to see so much transformation happening in the town, because it feels stifling to her to be stuck in one place, where the only street forms a loop and winds up back at the start again.

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Jennifer is pretty shallow when we meet her, focused only on having a good time, being popular and desired, and having whatever she wants. She’s also somewhat selfish and unapologetic about it, such as when she wants to kick her brother out of the living room and deny him the television marathon he’s been looking forward to for weeks (and his chance to win a thousand bucks if he wins the trivia game) just so she can hook up with the cutest boy in her school. She rebelliously starts acting out in Pleasantville, introducing her boyfriend to the concept of teenage sex, sneaking out after hours to be with him, and complaining to her brother that this place is ‘boring.’ But she matures over the course of the story, starts becoming more serious and academically minded (reading books instead of partying or making out with boys), and becomes more responsible as a result.