Before Big mouth In the timeline, Jesse leads a relatively happy life – she’s an excellent student, never backs down from a fight, always stands her ground against the patriarchy, but most importantly, she has a loving Stable family. Unfortunately for her, the onset of puberty and her parents’ divorce were a coincidence she couldn’t bear.
Jess is probably the toughest of all her friends, but her anger is mostly directed at her mom for the changes she herself is going through (honestly, it’s not the latter’s fault). It will take time for Jesse to come to terms with many different perspectives, but her road to the end has not been smooth, and probably won’t be for a while.
her statue of liberty moment
Jesse and his classmates went to New York to visit the Statue of Liberty. Unfortunately for her, this coincided with her first period, making the situation uncomfortable at best and embarrassing at worst.
Jessie is lucky in that her friends are on hand to provide quick help, and Lady Liberty herself offers some much-needed advice. Still, while Jess isn’t ashamed of the outcome, nor should she be, that initial moment is certainly one of her most painful memories.
She was furious with Missy.
Jess throws a sleepover with popular girls Devon and Lola, as well as Missy. There, the latter embarrasses himself a bit by consuming too much sugar.
Devon and Laura taunt Missy and encourage her to further humiliate herself. At this point, Jesse values the need for popularity more than basic human dignity, and joins the ranks of Cruelty.
punishing her mom for her parents divorce
As a child of divorce, Jesse preferred one parent over the other. In this case, her father. She’s angry at her mother for breaking up her family (divorcing her husband was Shannon’s choice, after all), so she jumps at every chance she gets.
Meanwhile, Jessie decides the best way to “punish” her mom is to show more love to her dad, who was living in the basement at the time. This type of vengeful behavior is certainly not healthy.
Finding it difficult to connect with girls
Jesse clearly needs female companionship, as evidenced by her friendship with Missy (to some extent). But in general, Jesse was unable to form lasting bonds with other girls in her grade.
In fact, she often turned to the boys for emotional support, leaning on Nick, Andrew and Jay, but mostly Matthew. The two characters spend a lot of time together and no matter what happens, they are always there for each other. It’s sweet, but if Jesse could give more girls a chance, she’d have friends who fully understand her problems.
her criminal activities
Encouraged by Connie, Jess turns to shoplifting to balance all the anger in her head. She decides to steal random items from the pharmacy, but ends up getting caught.
The pharmacist was surprisingly generous, reading her family’s full history by changing the prescription, but Jessie felt humiliated, ashamed that the wizard had appeared for the first time.
declined to disclose her relationship with jay
Jesse and Jay enjoy making out with each other—and not thanks to Connie’s intrusive suggestions—but she gives up on all that when he asks her to make their relationship official.
It was revealed that Jessie was privately embarrassed by Jay, his family life and his behavior, which is why she wanted to keep it a secret. Not only is this unfair to Jay, but it exposes Jesse’s superficiality and disappreciation of his attempts to connect with her.
Can’t tell her ninth grade boyfriend is a liar
Jesse’s tumultuous relationship with Michelangelo is fraught with hormones, anxiety and depression. Believing that she’ll never find someone as interesting or cool as him (he’s definitely not), she almost allows herself to push her limits to please him.
Luckily, she doesn’t perform the sex he proposes, but Jesse is distraught because she’s been led to believe that not satisfying her boyfriend will actually cause him physical pain.
Unable to reconcile with Cantor Dina
It’s understandable that Jesse despises her mother’s new girlfriend, Cantor Dina, because she automatically pushes guilt in the wrong direction (failing to notice that her parents’ marriage has been eroding over the years. )
Her hatred for the character is so extreme, it borders on violence. How long can Jess go without any resolution to something she holds so dear? The longer she angers Ember, the more difficult her path to self-realization will be.
Embarrassed about her menstrual cycle
At camp, Jess is rudely awakened by more menstrual blood than she’s ever experienced before, as it completely soaks her sheets. Connie confirms that this is a completely natural phenomenon during menstruation.
In order to prove his strength, Jesse went swimming with a bunch of sanitary napkins stuffed in his swimsuit.in typical Big mouth They separate and eventually absorb all the water in the lake, a metaphor for Jesse’s unbearable shame at what happened.
Must stay away from her friends
The end of seventh grade was undoubtedly the saddest experience for Jesse: she had to leave her home, her town, all her friends, and her father.
Worse yet, she learns that none of her new friends understand her suburban outlook, necessitating the arrival of a dashing young man named Michelangelo to fill the void in her life. Of course, this isn’t a good thing for her in the long run either.