Not Yet, Jayette

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Not Yet, Jayette In L.A., we find a young man named Charlie, who in two of his childhood years has been a TV soap opera star. But the fatal day one day came, where his voice changed, he reached puberty and he was excluded from the glamorous life as a VIP. And ever since he has been determined to find a way of becoming ‘someone’ again. Charlie, the narrator and main character of the story, had a role in a TV soap opera called “The Scrantons”, when he was nine until he was eleven. He experienced the life of a celebrity: “For two years I was a star. I got the whole treatment: my own trailer, chauffeured limousines, private tutors.”[1] But then it fell apart. And as if that was not enough, his mother committed suicide when he was fifteen. He only mentions the incident briefly, when trying to explain why he lives with the mother’s companion. The reluctance against talking about his mother hints that he has not yet worked through his grief, and therefore cannot handle talking about her. This is not at all said directly in the text, but instead it is up to the reader to see through Charlie’s words and actions. But what this story mainly focuses on is Charlie’s overwhelming urge to reclaim his spot in the sun of fame and celebrity. He seems to be nothing less than obsessed with the thought. He has kept his agent and seems to be convinced that if anyone famous just looks at him, he will for sure become a VIP yet again. In the text he tells us how he normally spends his day. We start with hearing about the early morning and it continues all the way through the day until he goes to bed in the evening. And his seeking of fame clearly forms the leitmotif of the way he spends his day. For example: “Most mornings, early, I go down to the beach at Santa Monica to try and meet Christopher
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