An Hoàng

An Hoàng is an Original Character created by Lucky107.

Appearance
An is seventeen years old in spite of her junior status at Bullworth Academy, but her short stature tends to give her a younger appearance. She's brawny and well-built, though it's not always obvious at a glance.

Given her dominantly Vietnamese makeup, An is tan with black hair and brown eyes. She wears her hair in a quiff reminiscent of the 1950's rockabilly scene. She does not have tattoos, but she has four piercings: one silver ring in her right earlobe and three silver rings along the shell of her left ear.

An wears the standard girl's uniform in blue, with one minor alteration: she wears a denim vest over her white blouse for the pockets in which she keeps her cigarettes. Come winter, she adds a blue Bullworth vest and exchanges the denim for a black leather jacket.

An wears an old tank-top and a pair of Bullworth track pants when she sleeps and dresses in an orange prison jumpsuit for Halloween.

Characteristics
In spite of her size, An comes from a rough background that encouraged the early formation of a tough character. She's aggressive to a fault and quick to pick a fight, though she's not inherently bad. It's a known fact that she speaks before she has a chance to think her words through.

Her street smarts outweigh her book smarts. It's implied that her literacy is below average and that she performs especially poorly in Mr. Hattrick's math class. Any academic subject is a challenge for her.

While her social skills are a little bit rough around the edges, An is a social butterfly and enjoys the company of those she gets on with. She typically doesn't display aggression towards other students on campus unless those students are Preppies, with whom she will engage in petty name-calling and blatant provocation.

An is a reckless girl who will do just about anything on a dare if she thinks it might impress her peers. At her best she's considered to be something of a daredevil, while at her worst she might be considered rather self-destructive.

It should be noted that An shows prominent signs of kleptomania, a trait she has become well-known for both in town and around campus, even if Dr. Crabblesnitch has yet to catch her in the act.

History
An Hoàng was born in Bullworth, New Hampshire on November 2, 1989.

Life at home was rough: her very conception had been a feeble attempt to patch up a failing marriage. What her parents' had lacked in their relationship prior to her birth certainly wasn't corrected by the arrival of a newborn baby. After years of severe verbal disagreement, her mother made the decision to leave the family when An was eight years old.

An and her father remained in New Coventry, where he owned the failing Slab 'O Meat deli. In spite of his best efforts, his struggle to divide his time equally between running a business and raising a child put a lot of strain on their delicate relationship.

At the age of twelve An hit a rebellious streak and, late the same year, she had all but stopped attending public school. More and more of her time was spent on the street than at home and that was when she became friendly with a handful of local kids in Blue Skies Industrial Park—they were dropouts, just like her. Many of her new friends were considerably older than she was and they were a negative influence on many of her choices in life.

When her mother began talking about a divorce in the interest of marrying her new beau, a successful college professor in Manchester, the conversation of reform was inevitable. Her mother organized the placement tests and proper documentation to have An reinstated in the education system, enrolling her at Bullworth Academy.

An was fifteen years old when she started back to school, then the oldest freshman in her class.

Trivia

 * An's being behind a grade and prominent kleptomania is similar to that of Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews from The Outsiders.


 * An's aggression and wilfully blind idolization for Johnny Vincent is similar to that of Rusty-James from Rumble Fish.