Baby John is a member of the Jets in West Side Story.
Overview[]
Baby John was the youngest member of the Jets and grew up in middle-class poverty. Baby John was a light-hearted soul and doesn't tend to get involved in gang activity. He is a 12 year old at the time of the story, born October 27th 1944. His mother and father wanted him to lead a good life but the gang reeled him in. Baby John is one to give up easily but often gets into fights with Anybodys.
Eliot Feld as Baby John (1961)
In 1949, at age 5, he met Dalton, a 10 year old who acted as a brother figure to him. He was always trapping bunnies and that's when he called Dalton, A-Rab. A-Rab and Johnny met a man named Action in 1951 and eventually in 1954, they joined a gang called the Jets. The Jets clobbered the Emeralds in 1955 and in 1956 were intending to beat another rival PR gang named "The Sharks."
The gang wants to engage in action with the Sharks but Baby John is always hesitant on causing war and that's why Doc likes Baby John so much since he doesn't start fights like his "brother". Baby John, along with A-Rab, seeing Tony dead are the ones to comfort Maria when she's on her knees. He feels really bad and continues on his life knowing that Tony won't be in it.
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