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Squirrels And Valentine In Disturbia Peter

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Peter has a history of torturing squirrels and Valentine is disgusted by this behavior. He also threatens to kill his younger brother and sister after finishing a game of Buggers and Aliens when he tried to choking Ender to death and Valentine stepped in. Valentine refers to when Peter lashed out in chapter nine page 130, she says “come on, threaten to kill me again, Peter.” while he is is being fake and trying to be kind to Valentine because he wants her to write the essays with him. The lyrics “Am I scaring you tonight? Your mind is in Disturbia” describes Peter because he is mentally not there, and for a minute he scares his younger siblings because of it.

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