Category: Character Eights

Written sketches of movie and story characters, tracing their Enneagram personality numbers.

JESSICA JONES, EIGHT

Right off the bat I can’t say what Enneagram number would fit Marvel’s Jessica. Do we count her physical strength? Does a superhero gift relate in any way to the personality typing?

Jessica is a drunk. The horrors she’s seen lead her to want to escape reality. Of course, anyone can fall prey to alcoholism. Does this suggest a number?

She doesn’t quit. Fear, danger, nothing diverts her. She’s very dogged.

She’s not an emotion person. She has no heart and no envy. Scratch Two, Three, or Four. She is a detective, but she doesn’t seem to enjoy the puzzle of a case. She’s there for justice, and for beating people up and taking names. Body Type over Head. We’re looking at an Eight, Nine, or One. Hey, that means her superhero strength is indeed critical.

Her tendency to lead first with anger suggests an Eight. She really does walk around with a chip on her shoulder.

Although I must say, if we discover that every rockin’ superhero woman is an Eight, I’ll be pretty disappointed. The rest of us are tough, too, dangit!

BART SIMPSON, EIGHT

A prankster. A Loki. Someone who doesn’t give two figs for society’s measures of achievement and success. A rebel. A mischief-maker.

Whoa, we have so many Enneagram directions we could go here!

Not a Three. Bart’s comfort with failure, his seeking of it, cancels that option.

Not a Five. He’s too much of a rule-breaker, and shame has no effect on him.

Not a Nine. He thrives in conflict.

Not a One, not a Six. Rules again, and also justice. He doesn’t care about right and wrong.

Not a Two. Compassion is not his game.

That leaves Four, Seven, and Eight. I’ve already called Lisa Simpson a Five. That means, because family tends to line up around the Enneagram together, Bart’s more likely a Seven (Five’s weakness move) or Eight (Five’s strength move).

His monkey qualities lead toward Seven. His fearless leap at life leads toward Eight. Body or Head?

Well, that pretty much answers it. Bart is no Head Type.