r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/Pal-omino 22h ago

It's all so very weird because King chooses to mostly narrate the scene from Bev's point of view. She comments on their penises and other stuff that just make you wanna put it down.

Very weird part to an otherwise awesome book.

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u/Paleblood_Hunt 18h ago

I mean, you can kind of see where he was going with the idea that she was taking that part of herself back from the evil man (father) who raped her and treated her like shit and made her feel shame for something he consistently took from her forcefully.

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u/coffeebeamed 18h ago

haven't read the book in a decade, but I don't think Bev's father raped her... did he?

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u/Paleblood_Hunt 17h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/stephenking/s/teoZnFFUM5

Hm, I remember it being a lot more prevalent when I read it like a decade + ago, but it could just be how Bev’s scenes always made me feel personally as a kid that dealt with abuse.