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Wow....that's a pretty good theory!!
Uh, what? You had to come on here to specifically post that? Wow, rude much?
Three things, if people reject something that is based on equality because they are too used to the status quo, they ARE against equality. Because the status quo is based on inequality. Thanks.
Secondly, what about the beginning narrative where it is said that John was born without a power?
Three, John was bullied long before he took down his class. It was stated that Claire helped him that time in order to help him become the king and when it went disastrously wrong, she betrayed him, immediately after that.
Hmmm （￣へ￣ ) * sips tea* this is actually a pretty good theory mate.
1) It depends on what you veiw as equality. Is your idea of equality: five bananas, five people, each get one? Or five bananas, five people, the ones with deficiencies get more bananas because they need more, while the healthiest and strongest get less because they don't need it as much? Or only those who plant the bananas get them and if anyone else wants they have to trade for something equally valuable? All ideas can be seen as fair until you apply them to see their shortcomings in a working system.
It's possible that the people see the status quo as equal already. In a world where everyone has powers, would you want a weakling or cripple to be in authority? How would they be able to control anyone they're in charge of or defend themselves if even children can defeat them? The powerful rule because they won't require too much external resources to defend their positions. The shortcoming to this, as John point out, is might isn't always right; valuable people and good ideas could be shot down because weaker people can't defend themselves. (Sounds like the real world.)
2) Could be a lie to trick the reader so the story wouldn't be spoiled too soon. If you go back to chapter 4 (I think) John's eyes actually glows in one of the pictures when he's throwing that stone kid out the window. At that point we were all supposed to be convinced John had no powers so it was probably overlooked by most if not everyone but going back, that could have very well been uruchan dropping hints.
3) That has nothing to do with the theory, honestly. I never theorise John wasn't bullied before high school. Just stated that his history of violence probably started before high school.
nah i also think about that....
i re-read from the beginning and yes, the narrative said that "i wasn't born wih an ability of my own". well it has two options; it might be the trick for the readers or his power actually absorb/copying power of he others
and for the bullied one it is stated in the chapter before (idk which is, i forget) that john back then was bullied and isolated, it may be because of his power is really strong so his environment treat him really strict & isolated so he couldn't use his power because it's dangerous?? and after he's been saved by claire he knews his ability and got really mad about everyone that treats him like shit, hence the bad temper??
John's father either has the ability to gauge other people's ability or had John tested when he was young and knew from an early age that John was super strong. As John grew, his father saw the effects the status quo had on him, that coupled with John's ability and his temper made John a dangerous child. John's father saw this and foresaw John being a threat to society if he continued on his path so he wrote Unordinary for two reasons:
1) To inspire John to use his powers unselfishly for good.
2) To change society's mentality. Unordinary was not just to inspire high powered individuals to be better people and to lead instead of bully but also to acclimate society to the thought of an extremely high powered individual being a benefit rather than a threat.
However, Unordinary is ultimately a tool to encourage high power individuals to rein themselves in because the truth is, everyone abusing their powers for their selfish whims will lead to chaos especially since only people of the same or higher rank can stop another person once they start to use their powers. That truth became more apparent as John's father watched his son grow. Naturally, the part about questioning the status quo was instantly received and rejected by the public, not necessarily because the people were against equality but we're already accustomed to living in a hierarchy and couldn't come to terms with the disruption the book was causing so they banned the book. Of course, the public missed the second point of Unordinary which was a warning. There is a possibility that John and people like him are the strongest in their world and everyone compared to them are essentially crippled. Fighting people like that would be useless and Unordinary was to teach the people how to handle people like John without terminating them.
I theorise that not only was John naturally strong but had a natural control of his power as well which makes him a true genius and child prodigy. John's father probably did send John to preschool and elementary school but John was often violent towards his classmates. As a result, John's father withdrew him from school to monitor him and teach him empathy and restraint as well as write his book, Unordinary. Thinking his mentoring a success, John's dad sent him to high school but sadly, the training failed once John began to interact with his peers and John's control of his anger degenerated once his peers began to show their true colours.
Despite his expulsion, John's father didn't see his efforts as a failure as John also does a sweet and goofy side to him. John's father knows that John is capable of being better so he decides to try harder with his son, hence the gap year between John's first and second high school. While I don't think John's father ever instructed John not to use his powers, they probably both saw that John could easily become unhinged if he felt backed into a corner but also could become addicted to power if he was given too much. John was probably neverr instructed not to use his power but instead instructed to use his power as minimally as possible. Wanting to impress his father and prove to himself that he could be better, John probably challenged himself to exist as a cripple. With a new attitude, John's dad allowed him to go to Wellston, confident that John would be better. He gave John a copy of Unordinary for inspiration which John avidly reads to remind himself of his new resolve.
And that's my theory so far.