Character Analysis Of Troy Billings From 'Fat Kid Rules The World'

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Troy Billings is the main character and protagonist in Fat Kid Rules the World. He is a six-foot, one-inch, 296 pound, 17 year old teenage boy. Troy has no friends, mainly because of his thoughts, which are because of his weight. He is self conscious, intense, and humorous. Troy does have a hunger for power, he wants to be liked and respected. His main struggle, though, is that he has no power at all. Troy is self conscious because of his weight. Ever since his mom died when he was in elementary school, he turned to eating to cope with her death. Since then, he has lost all of his friends, his self esteem, and respect from his brother, Dale. Troy was once skinny, and when he was, his life was much easier. He had friends, a close relationship …show more content…

Everything he does, he does it intensely. When he has a thought, it is intense. Troy thinks his life is just a big joke because whatever he does, he gets laughed at. People laugh at him when he puts his jacket on, sits down, stands up, and pretty much, whenever he is present. He wonders if he would get the same response if he killed himself. He imagines himself jumping in front of a train and getting splattered, and thinks everyone would find it funny. As he is sitting at the train station thinking about jumping, a musician from school, Curt, gets him to stop. Curt plays the guitar and sings in a band that Troy loves. They become friends, and Curt wants Troy to be the drummer in a band with just the two of them. Troy doesn’t think he can do it, but puts in a lot of work. He drums intensely for hours every day trying to make progress. Also, Curt is a teenager, but roams around like a homeless person. There is no way to contact or track him. When Troy is waiting for him, he gets intense about whether or not Curt is coming. He starts with thinking maybe Curt is just late, then maybe he went to the wrong spot to meet, then he jumps to the thought of Curt not coming at all and instead is ending their friendship. Troy realizes that being in the band gives him a friend, Curt, and possibly girls and all sorts of other benefits. He sees it as how he can obtain more power in his life, which all revolves around Curt saving his life and …show more content…

Troy thinks about the worst in every situation. He always judges himself in his head thinking that that is what others are thinking. He uses the philosophy of “They can’t make fun of me if I’m already making fun of myself.” Most of the pre-judgments he makes of himself are pretty funny. He thinks of himself as “The Fat Kid” and starts every scene off with that. For example, “The Fat Kid pukes all over the stage.” This really is what he thinks people are thinking, but sometimes he laughs after he makes a new title. “The moment already makes the awkward Hall of Fame, but as per my life, it has to get worse”(Going 47). This shows one way he is humorous; how he sees himself: a big fat joke. He is definitely concerned with how people view him, in other words he is concerned with power. He feels less powerless when he makes fun of himself, because then others know that he isn’t clueless about his appearance. He would have more power and authority if he made fun of himself out loud so that people could laugh along with him, and maybe he could gain more friends. Then maybe, the fat kid could rule the

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