In chapters 1-10 of Petey he became frustrated, because of the staff. Petey become upset when the staff carelessly feed him while he choked on his food. Also, the staff were rude, they called him an idiot, and the staff refused to think Petey had any feelings or thoughts. On page 36 the book reads, “Lying on his back he often choked on food, everyone ignored him blaming it on his spastic nature.” Also on page 17 it says, “his expressions were still dismissed as the shallow gestures of an idiot.” These quotes proves that the staff did not really care about any of the patients, because they let him choke. Also, this proves the staff just thought all his signs of not being an idiot were just gestures of an idiot so they had no hope for him