James Matthew "Jem" Blythe MBTI Personality Type
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What personality type is James Matthew "Jem" Blythe? James Matthew "Jem" Blythe is an ESTP personality type in MBTI, - - in Enneagram, in Big 5, in Socionics.
ESTP with more developed Fe because of his family's influence, not ENTP. Se-dom: Fearless, adventurous, and daring, Jem is very much focused on living in the present moment, exploring the world in-motion, and making discoveries based on his senses. In Rainbow Valley (RV), Jem engages with the natural world through real-world "constant experiment and observation,"* through which the results that interest him are sensory and grounded (e.g. where the ripest berries grow, how many blue eggs are in a robin's nest, the best trouting places, how to mimic the call of any bird or beast, etc.). His problem-solving generally involves throwing himself into the problem, improvising a solution based on gut decisions, and making adjustments along the way via trial and error. All in all, this is Se-dom exploration, not Ne-dom. In Rilla of Ingleside (RoI), we see the joie de vivre most closely associated with dominant Se in Jem: his sense of adventure, which serves as his very motivation for enlisting in World War I (“...radiantly, as to a high adventure, like Jem”); seeking stimulation through a competitive boat-race with Joe Milgrave; Jem disregarding social norms to kiss Faith in public; Rilla’s amusing, sensory descriptions of how Jem might appreciate so-and-so woman;* etc. * Jem extends "constant experiment and observation" to other areas in his life, including more sensual experiences. The Blythes Are Quoted is much more explicit about Jem having played the field before choosing Faith in the end. Ti-aux: During his Se-dom exploration into the natural world, Jem exhibits a curiosity that ends up with him accumulating a great deal of naturalist knowledge. Fe-tert: Popular, friendly, and conscientious, Jem is treated as a chieftain by Glen school-boys and described by Jerry as the "squarest boy in Glen St. Mary." Jem's Fe is also visible in his interactions with his friends and family, particularly in the way he shows affection to his mother. Most of his subplots in Anne of Ingleside (AoI) revolve around his desire to be a sturdy, reliable son Anne can depend on. That desire to convey love and care through tokens of affection and acts of service can also be seen later in his romance with Faith Meredith in RoI. Jem's Fe also shines through in his patriotism (“We're the cubs—we’ve got to pitch in tooth and claw if it comes to a family row”) and his admiration of a heroic doctor who died while helping every patient but himself in the Balkan War; in particular, Jem praises how the doctor “did everything possible to relieve their sufferings–never thinking of himself” (RoI, Chapter 3). Ni-inf: Jem's inferior Ni is present in his conversation about the Great War with his younger brother, Walter, who demonstrates greater intuition about modern war’s horrors. It's also present in Chapter 5 of AoI when Jem is denied going along with Bertie Shakespeare Drew to see tattooing. Jem's negative thought-process reads more like a Ni grip (inferior Ni), as opposed to a Ne-Fe loop. He loses his empathy, gets stuck in the worst-case scenario he generated in his head, and becomes overly paranoid about people's intentions, including those of his loving family members ("He felt more abused than ever. He wasn't being used right. Everybody picked on him... Nobody loved him..."). His "S'ppose I do X" or "S'ppose I do Y" seems more like dominant Se brainstorming ideas on how to draw people's attention in response to inferior Ni "insights."
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