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the same way that C.C. Capwell directs his family, John Perkins
vigorously manages his, which certainly knows much less problems. John
works for the account of C.C. Capwell, within his oil company.
From
the very beginning of the love-story between her son Joe and Kelly, the
daughter of his boss, John shows himself very annoyed. He is very
reticent with all great upheaval which could modify the family
equilibrium. In the world he was raised in, the employees do not attend
their boss' daughter. For him, it is not wise to mingle when one does
not belong to the same social class. He prefers by far that his son
attends his friend Cruz Castillo, or like his daughter Jade, the
Andrades. Because just like them, he belongs to the same social
category, that which works for those of the upper town's behalf, in fact
the Capwells.
When
five years earlier, Joe is accused of the murder of Channing Capwell
Junior, John does not support his son. He powerless attends his arrest, then
his trial. Although Joe does not cease protesting his innocence, John
inside of him, believes him guilty. To attend the world of the mighty
ones too much, he ended up losing himself. And then, as C.C. Capwell
advises to him, he prefers to forget and turn the page. For John and
Marisa, his wife, it will be the beginning of the end; and gradually,
the Perkins destiny escapes to John's control.
When
Joe is released, after five years of imprisonment, and that he decides
to return in Santa Barbara, John does not even take the trouble of going
with the other members of his family to welcome Joe. John firmly advises
to him to leave the town and to rebuild his life elsewhere. He does not
have anything to do here any more. But Joe is not of this opinion, just
as Marisa, who thinks that Joe paid his debt to society. The two men
will then not cease confronting the one to the other. For him, Santa
Barbara is not ready to see him returning, because no one, here, forgot
what happened five years earlier. The situation is such as John leaves the family home.
Between
his love for Joe and his fidelity towards his employer, John hesitates a long time, before finally choosing that of C.C., which seems
to him to be the best decision. And in spite of Joe's new discoveries
and the refound confidence of Kelly, John continues to believe in
the culpability of his son. Later, his behavior will change; his
convictions will crack because of Kelly's behavior. The more the days
get by, and the more Kelly believes in the innocence of Joe. So if Kelly
Capwell, who testified against him, doubt of his culpability, John can
only call himself in question again. At the announcement of Joe's death,
John doubts seriously of the culpability of his son. Then, on his
coffin, he reproaches to himself to do not have supported him, to do not
have believed in him. And when he learns that Joe did not die, he is
seen offered a chance of rejoin everyone. And the Perkins family
resolders itself around them, since even Amy returned for the funerals
of her brother. Moreover, Marisa and John decide to leave in honeymoon
again. Thereafter, his regained fidelity towards his son will resist all
the ordeals. And when Joe, the day before the earthquake, is put back in
prison to have shot Peter Flint, John, faithful to his promises,
promises to him that this time he will be always at his sides, that he
will not make the same errors he did five years ago.
Unfortunately
for John, he will be able to attend neither Joe's exculpation, nor with
his wedding with Kelly Capwell and even less to have the luck to know a
second honeymoon with his wife, because he will find the death in the
earthquake which strikes Santa Barbara in November 1984. John dies in
the middle of the casualties, with Marisa at his side. He will be besides the
only victim of this terrible shake...
Portrait
written for this site by Lilian
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