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Re: Sasuke App. Part III.
Once Sasuke was brought to America, the entire social support network he’d once had dissolved. America in general is an independent country, and Sasuke soon learned that he had to take care of himself without expecting anyone to guide him – especially when it came to his emotional and psychological needs. He developed a hard shell to protect himself, at first trying to blend in with the background. Whenever this didn’t work, and older children – or adults – attempted to pick on him or scapegoat him, Sasuke quickly changed his perspective and became mean and violent in order to keep himself from being outcasted in his environment. Given as he was already seen as much of an outsider (not even being able to speak English for awhile until he actively learned), this method of putting himself in the middle of things seemed to work better, at least gaining him the attention and respect of many of the other children he spent most of his time with. He soon learned that in his new situation, the way to get noticed was to assert yourself, not cooperate and demure to your elders. It also took him awhile to learn that asserting himself would get him mixed responses; negative and positive.

Even so, with adults, Sasuke was never treated as an equal. Even as he grew older, in the age where most teenagers would start to be given freedom and independence by their parents, Sasuke was kept on a tight leash and always treated like a child. He was disallowed to do anything of substance without permission. His pimp in particular bought him everything he either needed or requested, though half the time it was with the money Sasuke “earned” anyway. Because he was always scrutinized and kept watch over, never able to make his own choices, Sasuke couldn’t mature naturally like most of his peers. The older he grew, the less able he was in interacting socially with anyone his age on the outside (when he was, eventually, allowed to go out on his own). It didn’t help that he’d never been educated, and the most he knew was what he’d actively sought to learn himself (online and books, for the most part). He was either painfully silent and avoidant, or charged in with too much hostility, and while these coping responses worked in his world, they didn’t work in the outside world, that knew nothing of the dysfunction of his home. Because of this, Sasuke is often childish in that he will perceive things said (or unsaid) about him negatively and react instantly with hostility, unable to temper his emotions in that way. He’s also very selfish at times (excluding his interaction with younger children), because despite being used and abused, pretty much anything he asked for he was given by his pimp (usually within reason, since he never had the idea to ask for something like a car, which is hugely foreign to him to this day), whom still takes care of his material needs that go beyond simple things Sasuke can buy himself, like clothes and food. He often seeks instant gratification, and when he cannot have it, becomes frustrated and annoyed easily. His patience wears thin fast, especially for things he doesn’t understand or other people who get on his nerves. He doesn’t seem to understand it’s a two-way street, and mostly only thinks about himself.