Petey: A Narrative Fiction

After getting dressed, I sit on the edge of the bed and stare at his face. He didn't notice me staring so I continued to stare and ponder on what just happened between us, like I always do.

yelled as he pulled me up. Right as I looked into his deep blue eyes, I felt like I was in one of the cheesy romantic movies. It felt as though there was a spotlight shining on us, and we were the only ones in the world.

Jeremey, Jolly’s son, also has major identity changes throughout the novel, especially since he is very young. In fact, debatable his identity might have changed the most out of all of the characters. Despite Jeremy's young age, we see in the book how well he is able to understand the situation his family is in. Since he is so mature for his age, he develops an identity very young. When LaVaughn first meets Jeremy we see a little bit of Jeremy's identity that is very different from the end of the novel:

In chapters 1-10 of the novel Petey, petey gets frustrated because he struggles to communicate with those around him and eventually loses them. He has to push away his friends so they don’t get hurt, but he is the one who gets hurt. On pg 26 esteban gets fired for saying “They are not freaks, they are poor children!” Esteban got fired for sticking up for petey and all of the other children. Petey was the reason that esteban got fired.

“I imagine. It’s not what everyone expects. But yeah. I guess you don’t want to be with me now. You don’t want to take responsibility for this. It’s my fault, my fault for not using protection,” I said.

He picked up my hand and kissed it, like a prince. I tried to hide my red face behind my other hand and giggled, "What are you doing?"

In this story Petey by Ben Mikaelsen Petey gets frustrated with the mental institution. He doesn't really like it there because people always call him an idiot and a retard just because he has cerebral palsy and they think that his brain doesn't function right. The workers left him in a crib all day when he was young, all they did was feed him, bathe him, and change him. When he started to grow older like around eleven or twelve he got put into the men's ward. This place is usually for older people in their twenties, but Petey got put in there because he doesn't really do anything. Petey was frustrated because he had no one to talk to and he would always get yelled at for spilling his food. Even though he couldn't really feed himself. Also

Peteys purpose was to give purpose to others. He gave purpose to many people especially Calvin by being his best friend. On page 267 of Petey it says “more than a dozen people stood crowded around the old patients bed, sobbing or blinking back tears. Flowers covered the nightstand and window sill.” All of the people standing in that room where the people that petey gave purpose to. In conclusion Petey did have a purpose and that purpose was to give purpose to others. Peteys purpose was to give purpose to others. He gave purpose to many people especially Calvin by being his best friend. On page 267 of Petey it says “more than a dozen people stood crowded around the old patients bed, sobbing or blinking back tears. Flowers covered the nightstand

Tom laughs unimpressed,"Oh mate, this must be so embarrassing for you. You shat your pants last night."

“Not well. I kept dreaming about last night. I can’t believe this is happening. It’s like this is one big nightmare that will never end.”

A hush fell over the crowd as Petie raised his arm for silence, as they waited eagerly to see what this performance was going to show. Timkin, Bruno and Crystal began walking to Petie’s side, diverting the crowd’s attention to them as Petie furtively hid his flute from plain sight up his sleeve.

I blushed "shut up." he picked me up and sat me on the bed and gave me black leggings and

“My body doesn’t disagree with your assessment. We are going to be working in close quarters on the oil rig; having a casual sexual relationship might not be the best course of action. I understand our California experience may have created a misunderstanding.”

“That was before you seduced me with that hot box that you got between your legs.”

Damn girl, you clean up nice." He muttered as his eyes traced over my body...slowly, as if he was remembering every inch.