Creative Writing: Billy's Murder

Billy had thrown the ring at me. I kept walking. ‘Guess what?’ Billy shouted. ‘I raped you!’” (pg. 87). Jeannette is confused when she hears what Billy says. She is sexually assaulted at the age of eight, and it only seems to get worse as she moves from place to place. With each attack resulting due to the continued neglect that Rex and Rose Mary show towards their kids by not providing stability. The neglect that Jeannette experiences, but does not yet understand, eventually results in the involvement of Social Services with the Walls family; “He’d launch an investigation and end up sending me and Brian and Lori and Maureen off to live with different families, even though we all got good grades and knew Morse code. I couldn’t let that happen. No way was I going to lose Brian and Lori and Maureen.” (pg. 194). It is here that Jeannette shows how much she truly cares about her family. The neglect of her parents has required her to become the responsible figure head of the Walls household and she learns to protect and care for her siblings. Jeannette develops the characteristics of a mother figure despite the careless absence of her own mother.

Society knew Billy was different and because of this, people outcasted him and treated him poorly. This relates to Harding’s quote because the way society treated Billy, led to other major problems, such as his relationship with his mother. Billy’s mother tried to shelter him from this by denying him independence and not supporting his growth and development. Parents have the responsibility to toughen up their children to prepare them for the real world, but Billy’s mother did not do this. She created a great co-dependence for Billy and he did not know any better. Billy suffered from depression and had self-inflicted “razor-blades” and “cigarette burns” (137) as proof. This was probably caused by loneliness and bullying his mother failed to harden him up for. By the time he became a patient in the hospital, Billy was not ready. He did not know what to do without his mother’s help and was not able to stand up for himself. By not defending himself, he allowed people to take advantage

Secondly, the character Billy Bibbit faces a lot of pressure, as seen with his relationship with his mother, has a hard time fitting in with others due to his stuttering and find challenges in coping with such things. First off, he is unable to meet unrealistic expectations , placed upon him by his mother and enforced by the nurse Miss Ratched. Billy always seems to be in fear every time his mother is brought up, and worries about disappointing her. His mother unfortunately though, is friends with Miss.Ratched and so she uses this to her advantage, such as threatening to call Billy's mom, ever time he steps out of line or does something wrong. It is unfortunate though, that these women in his life keep picking on, and treating him as weak,

Billy a troubled neighborhood boy, effected Jeannette’s childhood. He was constantly trying to mess with her. One day when all the kids were out playing hide and seek Billy hid with Jeannette. He forced himself on her and said he “raped her”.

Mrs.Bibbit, Billy’s mother, and friends with Nurse Ratched, is another authoritative figure in the novel. Mrs. Bibbit gains her power by preventing Billy, from becoming an adult. At first Mrs. Bibbit does realize that Billy is an adult and is able to function in society, When his mother tells him he has plenty of time to accomplish things such as going to college, and Billy reminds his mother that he is thirty-one years old, she replies, "'Sweetheart, do I look like the mother of a middle-aged man?'" (Kesey 247). This shows that Billy’s mom does not seem to understand that Billy is an adult that is able to live in the outside world. This Results in him feeling Insecure and he chooses to remain in the ward. “Sure! It’s Billy, turned from the screen... If I had the guts.” (168). This takes place after McMurphy realizes that the men are there voluntary, Billy explains to McMurphy that he could leave at any time if he wanted to but he believes he doesn’t have the guts to go out in society. Unfortunately in the end it is just the fear of his own mother, and Nurse Ratched’s manipulative ways that causes him to take his own life. Another family member who manipulates her "loved one" is Vera Harding, whose control over her husband is similar to that of Billy and his mother.

The other Wes Moore written by Wes Moore is about two completely different life stories that have completely different outcomes. Two young men with the same name, lived in the same neighborhood, yet they chose two different paths to walk through life. The author chose going to school and getting an education. The other Wes Moore chose the path of drugs and alcohol. Each Wes had events that help shape the path they would walk on through life.

about his dealings with Candy. In doing so, the nurse is able to get Billy to turn on the other

Billy’s mother often enjoys being with her 30 year old son, sometimes treating him as if he is still a child. This is displayed when Billy’s mother takes him out after work to lie on the grass and tease his hair. Billy tells her about his dream to go to college and find a wife. However, upon hearing this, she “laugh[s] at such foolishness” (295). Billy exclaims that he’s 30 years old already only to receive the response, “‘Sweet-heart, do I look like the mother of a middle-aged man?’” (295). Billy’s mother treats him like a baby and emasculates him to the point where he is unable to grow. This causes Billy to be constantly scared, uncertain, and compliant with the Nurse and any other women of authority. Only after his night with Candy does he seem to act more confident and not respond much to Nurse Ratched’s shaming (314). Nonetheless, his confidence doesn’t last long after the Nurse threatens him to tell his mother in which he is then seen to be begging for her mercy. This scene shows how the the women of the ward uses the men’s insecurities to weaken them and force them to act a certain way, as shown by

“I think you are a liar. You want to kill me. You’ve killed every breathing specimen that has ever walked into the house. You have killed Gregory Temple, Chris Mulholland, animals, heck you have probably even killed the poor post man,” Billy says loudly. At this point Billy knew that he had to find a way to get out of here before she added him to her kill

Billy: She d-did. And M-M-McMurphy! He did. And Harding! And the-the-the rest! They t-t-teased me, called me things!

2. Billy's mother is religious, caring and harsh. Billy's mother is religious because Billy came to her first when he had questions on whether God had helped him or not. Billy's is caring because she worried so much about Billy on his first coon hunt. Finally, Billy's mother is harsh because she hit him bad after he scared the family when he found his first coon.

“The arm?” Tobin asked, “He swallowed it. She was scalped, there was no blood in the water-he attached and bit right through; he swallowed her arm.”

them of Billy's mum. I think the dad misses his wife so much that he

The trauma Billy has experienced is shown in an absurd light. He believes himself to be time traveling. He believes that he has been abducted by aliens who look like toilet plungers, and that they are keeping him in a

She laughed and twiddled with weed. Sweet-heart, do I look like the mother of a middle-aged man?”(Kesey 295) Ken Kesey was certain on trying to show the condescension and manipulativity of Billy’s mother. Which has managed