Narrative Bill:

Analysis

My dad was just so incredibly mean to me. Abusive. I don’t know, it was like, what did I ever do to him? For any little thing, just anything, he’d take off his belt and whip me. I’d run away and hide, or scream at him … but I got into a lot of shit on purpose … One day, he took off his belt like he did, and, I just stood there and was like, ‘Okay, come on, let’s get this over with.’ That just shut him up for some reason, I don’t know. He left me alone that night … I kept thinking, ‘God, why doesn’t he just die, or go away and leave us alone?’

Critique of others’ acts Noncomprehension of others’ actions Reactive agency Noncomprehension of others’ actions Passive wish