Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow (ENTP)

Ne:

“No, you want you to find this. Because the finding of this finds you incapacitorially finding and/or locating in your discovering a way to save your dolly belle, ol’ what’s-her-face.”

“Or perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You’re not a eunuch, are you?”

Never without a smart quip or something to say in general, Jack’s Ne is seen everywhere throughout the movies. He clearly has the attitude of an extraverted perceiving dominant when it comes to danger. He notes the “pirate’s beware” signs and the hanging corpses on his way to Port Royal and seems completely unfazed by any of it. He simply figures he will deal with any danger as it comes, and chooses not to worry about it.

Jack Sparrow is a talker. He speculates and word vomits constantly. During his duel with Will, you see that speculation in action. First, he suggests that Will is practicing three hours a day because he doesn’t have a woman. Next, he then considers that Will is practicing three hours a day cause he’s attempting to win over a woman. Finally, his Ne leaps to a completely random possibility: that Will is a eunuch. All of these speculations are produced back to back without Will having the opportunity to interject.

Jack is also shown constantly using big words and thriving on word play, which is a common Ne tendency. He easily makes up stories and fantastic tales, which he will relay to others in all seriousness. A prime example of his would be tying his raft together with human hair from his back.

Ti:

“Then that’s not much incentive for me to fight fair then is it?”

“A chance to do the right thing.” – Elizabeth
“I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.” – Jack

“Me, I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest; honestly… it’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly stupid.”

Jack easily twists other’s logic back on them, and has no problem poking holes in everyone’s logic throughout the movies. One example of this is when he is speaking with two of the guards at Port Royal, and one talks about how the Black Pearl has never left any survivors. Jack quickly cuts in and asks,“ No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?” This is a good example of a way that Ti user would pick up on and point out a logical inconsistency.

From a moral standpoint, Jack is clearly very gray. Although he isn’t an evil person in comparison to Barbossa and has general levels to which he will not stoop, Jack doesn’t appear to have clearly established rules as to what is right or wrong. He does what he feels like in the moment. He appears completely baffled by Will and Elizabeth’s black and white mentality, and explains away his behavior by simply stating that he is a pirate. You see Jack waffling a lot on his decisions, and not taking on a very commanding role even when captain, which is indicative of Ti. He doesn’t like to view things as absolute, especially in contrast to Barbossa. When Barbossa explodes and yells “Not possible!” Jack interjects with “Not probable.” He essentially replaces Barbossa’s absolute with a less concrete alternative, which also happened to be more accurate.

Lastly, Jack appears to have little concern for his self-image. He doesn’t attempt to present himself in any particular way or hold himself to any kind of standard. His only real sticking point is that he wants others to see him or address him as a captain.

Fe:

“It would never have worked between us, darling. I’m sorry.”

“I want you to know that I was rooting for you, mate.”

Jack likes to keep people guessing when it comes to his motives and whether or not he is a good person. He displays mischievous tertiary Fe. He enjoys messing with others for amusement’s sake or to confuse them and keep people guessing as to whose side he is on. He uses tactics such as flattery to win people over or turn them against someone else. While he is prone to doing random acts of kindness, Jack most often kills any ‘goodness’ momentum by doing something self serving directly afterwards (like saving Elizabeth only to hold her hostage moments later).

He also enjoys having the reputation of a pirate, whether or not it’s a good one. When someone comments that Jack Sparrow is the worst pirate he has ever heard of, Jack simply responds with a smile, saying, “But you have heard of me.” Jack also falls victim to Elizabeth’s flattery when they were stranded on the island together. He gladly soaks in her fake compliments and allows himself to be put off guard.

In spite of his criminal acts, Jack is actually relatively polite. He says ‘sorry’ in an almost ironic way all throughout the movies, as if he is sympathizing with the person’s plight. (Of course, he quickly moves on.) In another instance, he scolds a pirate that was about to stab Elizabeth proclaiming, “That’s not very nice!” Again while he is being somewhat ironic, the way he chooses to phrase that statement is very Fe in nature.

Si:

“Yes, I lied to you. No, I don’t love you. Of course it makes you look fat. I’ve never been to Brussels. It is pronounced ‘egregious.’ By the way, no, I’ve never actually met Pizarro, but I love his pies.”

“Palulay. Palu-li-la-la-lulu. Parlili. Parsnip, parsley, partner, partner. …That’s the one! Parley!”

Probably the biggest signs of Jack’s inferior Si is his forgetful nature. He rarely seems to remember the names of those around him unless he has very purposefully committed it to memory. He is rather short sighted when it comes to thinking about consequences as well. One such example is the deal he strikes with Davy Jones to get his ship back from the bottom of the ocean. He just does what he can to get what he wants and leaves the problems for his future self to work out. While most of the time Jack uses a fairly robust vocabulary of words, he at times struggles to pull a specific word he is looking for such is the case in the quote above.

However he is quick to share facts of information that he knows, even answering rhetorical questions and provided unsolicited answers such as providing that the word and concept of Parley came from the French. The pirate didn’t actually care he was simply venting frustration that parley was even a thing to begin with. Another example of Jack’s Si surfacing is that he was practically observing everything about Will’s sword fighting skills as they dueled and was commenting on it the whole time.