Jeff Dunham Case Study

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Jeff Dunham is a depressed 11 year old who lives in a low class family in the violent part of town. Jeff Dunham soon picks up cello changing his way of living. He becomes the best cellist in the school, but his school life and home life weren’t looking so bright as his career path.
Jeff struggles with anxiety issues, depression, and a bad temper. Being influenced every day to do drugs, and to commit acts of violence, causing his anxiety. Life at home wasn’t looking so great either, as his parents are getting divorced after always arguing money and who owns what. This really made Jeff depressed, leading him to become angry all the time, because all his parents would do is argue.
Jeff Dunham never had a “parent” figure to look up to,
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He ran through most of the crowd bumping into strangers with his cello un-tuning the strings to make them sound like a bass, but then he see’s the lights. He walks around aimlessly without much attention to the people around him, only looking at the huge structures and billboards. In the mood to play cello he looks aimlessly around for a job to get him something, so he could stay the night in a motel. Out of nowhere a fancy tall man, with a low voice and thick Russian accent says “Young fellow with the big instrument ! We’re hiring musicians to come and play at our restaurant !” Joji without a blink of an eye says “ How much money will I make ?” the fancy man says “ Oh well 30 dollars an hour !” Joji without hesitation takes up the job offer. He came into the restaurant scared “people with fancy cloths!” Joji thought, and then they all just seemed to stop staring after 2 minutes it felt, Joji gets his cello ready and starts playing. He plays till around 10 pm for a little less than 2 hours and decides to buy a drink at the bar. “Young man i hired earlier ! I never got to ask about your name. ” without thinking he still went with his new identity “ Miller but you could call me Joji.” “Alright Joji welcome to the team my name is Todd ! Would you like a free drink? ” Joji nervous, “homeless”, and still underaged decides to take up the offer. He drinks and

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