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Tourette's Guy Character Analysis

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Alex had always been a talkative person, he would always introduce himself when in situations with the slightest bit of unknowing, and he always kept a smile on his face to show everyone that everything in the world is sound. His smile made me think everything was alright, his smile gave himself hope, his smile gave me hope.
We live in Flemington, New Jersey: which is refered to everyone in our high school as “The 908”. “The 908” is the area code for northern New Jersey, even though most people in Flemington considered themselves central Jersey. Our house is two stories with several rooms in which everyone claims their own. I also have another brother, Kevin, he is a bit younger than Alex and I, but keeps himself in check much more than I could say so for myself personally. Our family spends a decent amount of time together, but because Alex and I are young adults majority of our time is spent elsewhere.
Alex has tourette syndrome, that doesn’t mean he screams the word “fuck” every five minutes, nor does it mean he acts like “Tourette’s Guy”, that would would mean that his neurological disorder is viewed as comedic relief for others. To say it more clearly, he is not “Tourette’s Guy”, he is my brother, not only is he my brother yet, he is a victim of being placed into a stereotype. “Tourette’s Guy” is an online personality with …show more content…

This is because many people’s view of tourette's is derived from that video, which means actual people suffering from tourette's, my brother perhaps, to be stereotyped in an extremely skewed way. This altered view is essentially just a view of “Tourette’s Guy” and how he acts. People that have never been exposed to something will never know how to react to it. Not only that, but “Tourette’s Guy” is also an alcoholic, meaning that his already severe case of tourette’s is exemplified with constant alcohol

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