The Minds of Billy Milligan | Characters & Character Analysis

The Minds of Billy Milligan Important People

William

Billy is a young man accused of raping and robbing several young women from Ohio State University. He has alternative personalities including David, who is "eight going on nine," and Arthur who is English seems to explain things to the other personalities and is often dominant. Others include Tommy, sixteen and sullen, who refuses to talk at all, Christopher who speaks with an English accent and claims to have a three-year-old sister named Christene, Ragen who is charged with protection, and fourteen-year-old Danny. Billy has already been in trouble for robbery and is on parole at the time of his arrest for the rapes and robberies. It's while he is being evaluated by a psychologist that the alternative personalities are discovered. Prior to that time, those who realized they were multiples had simply done their best to hide the fact.

As a youngster, Billy is raped and abused...
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