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Peter Gordon
A farmer and the father of Henry Bowers. He is mentally ill and beats his son and his wife, who leaves him after he nearly beats her to death. He is a World War II veteran who fought in the Pacific arena and retains a resentment of the Japanese. The rumor around town is that he returned from the war “crazy.” He owns one of two substantial farms in Derry—the other is owned by Will Hanlon. However, Butch’s mental illness causes his farm to fall into disrepair. Butch is also a racist who kills Will Hanlon’s chickens out of resentment for competition from a black man, and paints a swastika on the side of the chickenhouse.
Oscar “Butch” Bowers Quotes in It
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Chapter 21
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Bill marked it as a paper boat. Stan saw it as a bird rising toward the sky—a phoenix, perhaps. Michael saw a hooded face—that of crazy Butch Bowers, perhaps, if it could only be seen. Richie saw two eyes behind a pair of spectacles. Beverly saw a hand doubled up into a fist. Eddie believed it to be the face of the leper, all sunken eyes and wrinkled snarling mouth—all disease, all sickness, was stamped into that face. Ben Hanscom saw a tattered pile of wrappings and seemed to smell old sour spices […] Henry Bowers would see it as the moon, full, ripe…and black.
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Oscar “Butch” Bowers Quotes in It
The It quotes below are all either spoken by Oscar “Butch” Bowers or refer to Oscar “Butch” Bowers . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 21
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Bill marked it as a paper boat. Stan saw it as a bird rising toward the sky—a phoenix, perhaps. Michael saw a hooded face—that of crazy Butch Bowers, perhaps, if it could only be seen. Richie saw two eyes behind a pair of spectacles. Beverly saw a hand doubled up into a fist. Eddie believed it to be the face of the leper, all sunken eyes and wrinkled snarling mouth—all disease, all sickness, was stamped into that face. Ben Hanscom saw a tattered pile of wrappings and seemed to smell old sour spices […] Henry Bowers would see it as the moon, full, ripe…and black.
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