Post by Race on Jun 11, 2007 18:37:43 GMT -5
Character Name: Jack Kelly
Nick Names: Cowboy
REAL NAME: Francis Sullivan,
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Physical Description (pictures don't cut it, EXPLAIN how they look): Brown hair,brown eyes, normal colored skin, has a big smile. He usually has a sort of cowboy looking hat with him and most always has a red bandana around his neck
Picture of character:
Personality: He's a leader,and won't take anything off of anyone, he prefers to keep things as chill as possible, but if he has to he'll put his foot down to keep things that way. He's a dreamer, often times loosing track of where he is, or what he's doing before snapping back, despite this Jack is a hard worker, often pushing himself to his selling limits to reach the goals he sets for himself. He's not very good with words, things often coming out weird but you understand what he's trying to say in the end.
History:
Francis Sullivan was born to a pretty normal family, Kelly Sullivan worked in the factories to support the new baby and his wife, who after giving birth to little Francis became weakened in health, and Kelly asked his long time friend Medda to help as much as she could. Medda tried, she adored the small boy, who had more energy than any kid, and kept his mother quite entertained with his wild stories about the Old West that came from the dime store novels Kelly read to him late at night even though he was too tired to turn the page.
When Francis was five, and had started imagining himself this cowboy named Jack Kelly (Forming his dad’s name and a name in a book together in his small mind), his father was accused of murdering a grocer down the lane, the real criminal got away, and Kelly Sullivan got life in prison for it, leaving his son and wife to fend for themselves.
Medda did her best to help them, keeping the now self proclaimed Jack while his mother hunted for work. But could do nothing when the over-stressed woman succumbed to tuberculosis, she died rather quickly before the five year old could really understand what was going on, he just knew he was going to live with Medda for awhile. Medda, thinking she was helping him through, bought him a Western Dime Store novel for Christmas for the two years the small boy lived with her. This only fed his love of the old west, and more secured the name Jack Kelly to him, Medda even called him that, sometimes slipping and calling him by his father’s name, Kelly.
But Medda couldn’t keep up with him, between running Irving Hall and everyday stuff, she didn’t have time for him, and Jack, thinking it was his fault she was stressed and upset all the time, left in the middle of the night when he turned 7. Medda was shocked he ran away, but wasn’t worried, that stubborn, dreamy eyed little boy could take care of himself, and wasn’t surprised to see him selling newspapers two days after he ran off.
The cowboy hat came into play two weeks after, he visited Medda who was fussing over him not having a cap like the other boys, and Jack took the cowboy hat from backstage, grinning widely and saying ” I do now!”
Years flew by with him being a newsie, he loved it, and made it his goal to be the best seller ever, by the time he was fifteen he was pushing one hundred papers a day, that was when his first trip to the Refuge happened. It was a snowy day, selling was terrible and had been for weeks, so Jack hadn’t eaten much, seeing one of the older boys swipe bread from a bakery, he didn’t think nothing of it when he slipped a loaf for himself, until the baker saw him and started chasing him yelling “Thief”
After a year and a half in the Refuge he did escape on Roosevelts carriage, returning to the Newsies Lodging House like a triumphant hero to applause. The strike happened when he was seventeen, in all honestly to the shock of the young man.
After the strike, he kept in touch with David, often selling in front of his school and they walked to David’s apartment afterwards, David’s parents always welcoming Jack, and him and Sarah’s relationship getting stronger.
When Jack was twenty, he started working for a newspaper as a reporter, egged on by Denton who helped him get on, and support by David and Sarah. By the time Jack was twenty six, he’d already barged into The World and bought it straight from under their noses.
He married Sarah, then moved to Sante Fe when Jack sold The World for two times more than it’s worth, and Sarah gave birth to Theodore David Kelly, or Teddy for short. Jack now having permanently changed his name to Jack Kelly, and left Francis Sullivan behind.
Nick Names: Cowboy
REAL NAME: Francis Sullivan,
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Physical Description (pictures don't cut it, EXPLAIN how they look): Brown hair,brown eyes, normal colored skin, has a big smile. He usually has a sort of cowboy looking hat with him and most always has a red bandana around his neck
Picture of character:
Personality: He's a leader,and won't take anything off of anyone, he prefers to keep things as chill as possible, but if he has to he'll put his foot down to keep things that way. He's a dreamer, often times loosing track of where he is, or what he's doing before snapping back, despite this Jack is a hard worker, often pushing himself to his selling limits to reach the goals he sets for himself. He's not very good with words, things often coming out weird but you understand what he's trying to say in the end.
History:
Francis Sullivan was born to a pretty normal family, Kelly Sullivan worked in the factories to support the new baby and his wife, who after giving birth to little Francis became weakened in health, and Kelly asked his long time friend Medda to help as much as she could. Medda tried, she adored the small boy, who had more energy than any kid, and kept his mother quite entertained with his wild stories about the Old West that came from the dime store novels Kelly read to him late at night even though he was too tired to turn the page.
When Francis was five, and had started imagining himself this cowboy named Jack Kelly (Forming his dad’s name and a name in a book together in his small mind), his father was accused of murdering a grocer down the lane, the real criminal got away, and Kelly Sullivan got life in prison for it, leaving his son and wife to fend for themselves.
Medda did her best to help them, keeping the now self proclaimed Jack while his mother hunted for work. But could do nothing when the over-stressed woman succumbed to tuberculosis, she died rather quickly before the five year old could really understand what was going on, he just knew he was going to live with Medda for awhile. Medda, thinking she was helping him through, bought him a Western Dime Store novel for Christmas for the two years the small boy lived with her. This only fed his love of the old west, and more secured the name Jack Kelly to him, Medda even called him that, sometimes slipping and calling him by his father’s name, Kelly.
But Medda couldn’t keep up with him, between running Irving Hall and everyday stuff, she didn’t have time for him, and Jack, thinking it was his fault she was stressed and upset all the time, left in the middle of the night when he turned 7. Medda was shocked he ran away, but wasn’t worried, that stubborn, dreamy eyed little boy could take care of himself, and wasn’t surprised to see him selling newspapers two days after he ran off.
The cowboy hat came into play two weeks after, he visited Medda who was fussing over him not having a cap like the other boys, and Jack took the cowboy hat from backstage, grinning widely and saying ” I do now!”
Years flew by with him being a newsie, he loved it, and made it his goal to be the best seller ever, by the time he was fifteen he was pushing one hundred papers a day, that was when his first trip to the Refuge happened. It was a snowy day, selling was terrible and had been for weeks, so Jack hadn’t eaten much, seeing one of the older boys swipe bread from a bakery, he didn’t think nothing of it when he slipped a loaf for himself, until the baker saw him and started chasing him yelling “Thief”
After a year and a half in the Refuge he did escape on Roosevelts carriage, returning to the Newsies Lodging House like a triumphant hero to applause. The strike happened when he was seventeen, in all honestly to the shock of the young man.
After the strike, he kept in touch with David, often selling in front of his school and they walked to David’s apartment afterwards, David’s parents always welcoming Jack, and him and Sarah’s relationship getting stronger.
When Jack was twenty, he started working for a newspaper as a reporter, egged on by Denton who helped him get on, and support by David and Sarah. By the time Jack was twenty six, he’d already barged into The World and bought it straight from under their noses.
He married Sarah, then moved to Sante Fe when Jack sold The World for two times more than it’s worth, and Sarah gave birth to Theodore David Kelly, or Teddy for short. Jack now having permanently changed his name to Jack Kelly, and left Francis Sullivan behind.
