Triangle By Jeffery Deaver

In the short story “Triangle”, made by Jeffery Deaver, the author misleads the reader into thinking the main character Pete, who is a child, is an adult by using Pete’s thoughts and actions to convey that he is an adult by his personality; and, Jeffery Deaver uses the plot and setting to make the reader feel like he is an adult. The author misleads the reader by using Pete’s thoughts and actions. One way the author misleads the reader is through Pete’s thoughts. For example, when Pete and Doug were at the restaurant together Doug tried small talk with Pete: “Pete wasn’t saying much. Doug tried to be cheerful. He talked and talked but it was just garbage. Pete didn’t pay any attention” (155). The quote is significant because it is one of many examples that shows how Pete hates Doug and why he wants to kill him. The quote's purpose is to represent how Pete doesn’t care about the little stuff, like small like, he's focused on one thing: killing Doug. This connects back to my thesis because usually, the small talk works on little kids but it doesn’t a lot for adults. Another way the author misleads the reader is through Pete’s actions. Doug told Pete to shoot the squirrel: “Pete raised the gun and pulled the trigger once. Doug gasped, pressed at the tiny

‘But… But… No!’” (161). Even just thinking of killing someone is really something only older people think, but acting upon your intrusive thoughts is next level. Killing a person is only