Jess Mariano MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Jess Mariano? Jess Mariano is an ISFP personality type in MBTI, 4w5 - sx/sp - 458 in Enneagram, RLUEI in Big 5, SEE in Socionics.
Jess is a complex character with a deep heart and a brilliant mind. His intellect is electric and he has an intimate connection to literature, reflective of the self he conceals beneath his bitter exterior. He is still an ISFP. You can be a sensor and still be intelligent, deep, heartfelt, and multilayered. Sensors are not merely animals roaming our world, inferior beings with no depth. MBTI is deeper than S vs. N, sensor vs. intuitive: it is about the cognitive functions and the way our minds dance, navigating the world. Think about it this way -- Jess is somebody who readily takes action, lives in the moment, and makes reckless decisions, listening to the tune of his heart. He rarely takes the time to juggle possibilities or contemplate multiple life visions, but lives according to the desires leaping within him. This is all indicative of Se rather than Ne. If Jess had Ne, he would likely be less concrete in getting what he wants and daydream about possibilities, rather than bringing them to life. Jess does the miraculous: he takes action to win Rory's heart away from her first love. He takes actions according to the desires and streamlined visions in his mind (Se-Ni), working in Walmart secretly for financial stability and taking concrete steps to achieve what he desires. That is where the "S" in ISFP comes from-he is not any less shallow or intelligent because of it. He is still the dazzling, enigmatic, multifaceted character he always has been, but his natural instinct is to live in the moment and digest the world around him rawly. His approach to literature is reflective of Fi rather than Ne; he has a special connection with the written word, but his lack of Ne makes him unwilling to explore meanings in more expansive ways, hence his struggle to become immersed in poetry. He enjoys meanings and existence on the surface. And even though in the first episode he is implied to have read a poetry book over and over again, he later says that he has a disdain for the floweriness of poetry. My guess is that the directors had not developed his character well enough yet and only wanted to build his identity as a book lover, to complement Rory. Nevertheless, Jess has always been a reckless in the moment character. It is a vital aspect of what makes him who he, a beautiful one often overlooked. To me, Jess is a very good example of the Fi-Se-Ni-Te cognitive function stack. He listens to his heart, lives in the moment, and follows one vision of the future lying within him, becoming more grounded and intuitive as he grows older. To me it is crystalline.
Biography
Luke's nephew who gets sent to live with him after getting into trouble one too many times back home.
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