PERSONA: Arthur Smith
Name: Arthur Smith
Age: 77
Family: Single, never married and never had any children. Arthur lives in a one-bedroom flat in North London. He had an older brother, Jeffrey who died several years ago. He has two nieces, Sarah (19) and Ashley (26), daughters of his brother Jeffrey. Sarah has just started her first year at University in Leeds studying a degree in English Literature and Ashley lives in North London and works as an IT consultant which often demands long working hours on a daily basis. Sarah and Ashley visit Arthur as often as possible but it is becoming increasingly difficult.
Mobility/Health Problems: Has a bad foot so needs to use a walking stick, some slight hearing problems, wears glasses for reading, sensitive skin.
Hobbies: Chess, draughts, backgammon and various other strategy games. Reading newspapers and novels. Writing fictional stories.
Likes: Politics, telling stories about his life experiences, keeping healthy, visiting his nieces.
Dislikes: The UK government.
Behaviour Patterns: Arthur is a member of his local chess club were he regularly attends to play chess with his fellow members. The chess club also regularly travels to take part in various tournaments around the country including the prestigious UK Chess Challenge where Arthur won the 1996 championship. Arthur rarely travels to tournaments now due to his bad foot. He also coaches young members of the chess club.
Day to Day Life: Arthur does not have a strict routine that he sticks to on a daily basis as he is generally quite relaxed about these sort of things but there are certain things that he insists on doing as part of his daily routine. Arthur usually gets up at around 7am and has a bowl of fruit salad for breakfast at 8am whilst reading the daily newspaper. He then does his daily shopping at 9am.
Arthur has his lunch at midday which usually consists of a sandwich and a cup of tea. Afterwards he usually goes for a walk in the park as part of his daily exercise, on days where the weather is good, he will sit on a bench and admire the scenery. Arthur visits his brother's grave to pay his respects and give his love. Arthur insists that he goes to his local chess club a least twice a week, mainly to coach junior members. Arthur attends the chess club at 3pm and stays their for a couple of hours.
Arthur has his dinner at 6pm. For the rest of the day, Arthur occupies himself by doing various activities such as reading novels, watching TV and having his nieces come and visit him. Arthur showers and goes to bed at 9pm.
Back Story: Arthur was born in April 1929 in North London and has lived their all his live. He lived in a house with his Father, his Mother and his brother Jeffrey. Arthur was a bright boy but never enjoyed school and so at the age of 16, he served in the Army for most of his life before retiring and settling back in his home city now living a happy and relaxing life.
Technical skills, knowledge and abilities: Having served in the army most of his life, Arthur has a vast amount of experience with various kinds of technology including weaponry, logistical support, communications, medical and industrial all of which played a big part in the military. As a result, Arthur has a lot of appreciation of technology even though he has limited experience and knowledge of modern technology, he is always willing to learn more about them and their benefits. Arthur can operate TVs, DVD players, digital cameras and the like. Arthur can also use the basic functions of a personal computer thanks to the help of his two nieces such as typing a letter and surfing the internet though knows next to nothing when it comes to the technical side of a computer such as set-up, installation, configuration or technical problems where he has to rely on his nieces to deal with such issues.
Goals
Arthur has a few goals in life that are very valuable to him:
Age: 77
Family: Single, never married and never had any children. Arthur lives in a one-bedroom flat in North London. He had an older brother, Jeffrey who died several years ago. He has two nieces, Sarah (19) and Ashley (26), daughters of his brother Jeffrey. Sarah has just started her first year at University in Leeds studying a degree in English Literature and Ashley lives in North London and works as an IT consultant which often demands long working hours on a daily basis. Sarah and Ashley visit Arthur as often as possible but it is becoming increasingly difficult.
Mobility/Health Problems: Has a bad foot so needs to use a walking stick, some slight hearing problems, wears glasses for reading, sensitive skin.
Hobbies: Chess, draughts, backgammon and various other strategy games. Reading newspapers and novels. Writing fictional stories.
Likes: Politics, telling stories about his life experiences, keeping healthy, visiting his nieces.
Dislikes: The UK government.
Behaviour Patterns: Arthur is a member of his local chess club were he regularly attends to play chess with his fellow members. The chess club also regularly travels to take part in various tournaments around the country including the prestigious UK Chess Challenge where Arthur won the 1996 championship. Arthur rarely travels to tournaments now due to his bad foot. He also coaches young members of the chess club.
Day to Day Life: Arthur does not have a strict routine that he sticks to on a daily basis as he is generally quite relaxed about these sort of things but there are certain things that he insists on doing as part of his daily routine. Arthur usually gets up at around 7am and has a bowl of fruit salad for breakfast at 8am whilst reading the daily newspaper. He then does his daily shopping at 9am.
Arthur has his lunch at midday which usually consists of a sandwich and a cup of tea. Afterwards he usually goes for a walk in the park as part of his daily exercise, on days where the weather is good, he will sit on a bench and admire the scenery. Arthur visits his brother's grave to pay his respects and give his love. Arthur insists that he goes to his local chess club a least twice a week, mainly to coach junior members. Arthur attends the chess club at 3pm and stays their for a couple of hours.
Arthur has his dinner at 6pm. For the rest of the day, Arthur occupies himself by doing various activities such as reading novels, watching TV and having his nieces come and visit him. Arthur showers and goes to bed at 9pm.
Back Story: Arthur was born in April 1929 in North London and has lived their all his live. He lived in a house with his Father, his Mother and his brother Jeffrey. Arthur was a bright boy but never enjoyed school and so at the age of 16, he served in the Army for most of his life before retiring and settling back in his home city now living a happy and relaxing life.
Technical skills, knowledge and abilities: Having served in the army most of his life, Arthur has a vast amount of experience with various kinds of technology including weaponry, logistical support, communications, medical and industrial all of which played a big part in the military. As a result, Arthur has a lot of appreciation of technology even though he has limited experience and knowledge of modern technology, he is always willing to learn more about them and their benefits. Arthur can operate TVs, DVD players, digital cameras and the like. Arthur can also use the basic functions of a personal computer thanks to the help of his two nieces such as typing a letter and surfing the internet though knows next to nothing when it comes to the technical side of a computer such as set-up, installation, configuration or technical problems where he has to rely on his nieces to deal with such issues.
Goals
Arthur has a few goals in life that are very valuable to him:
- To live as long as possible
- To live a happy life
- To have the best relationship possible with his nieces
- To coach youngsters into chess champions
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