June, Chapter 3: Patrick Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 3, we return to Patrick. The chapter begins with a small informal meeting amongst five people that know Patrick best. First, Richard Weir, Patrick's play therapist is introduced. Then Sally Olsen, Javier's assistant arrives, and Kay Tittle follows. Javier is supposed to show up, but does not, and Patrick's mother, Oria Dismuke is unable to make it. Belkin details the long history that each of these people have with Patrick and the way that the boy has worked his way into their hearts over time. Patrick does not focus on the severity of his condition but instead merely wishes to live the life of an ordinary boy, a feature that endears him to hospital staff. Richard and Kay are both attached to Patrick, but this burdens Javier because he is responsible for all the children at...