Owen Meaney.

Chrismas Carol, starring Owen as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Owen becomes sick, pale and weak with a very high fever. He refuses, however, to relinquish his acting duties to anyone and remains in the play. In Owen's scene in the graveyard, Owen faints on stage, wakes up and rushes off the stage. Mr. Fish salvages the scene with his acting, but backstage, Owen proclaims that he saw his name and date of death on one of the graves in the makeshift graveyard set. Dan says that it must be a hallucination because of Owen's fever, and Pastor Merril takes Owen and Johnny to their respective homes. When Johnny returns home, he finds Lydia, the former maid of Harriet, has died and the new maid, Germaine, has hidden herself in the secret passageway out of fear.  Later that evening, Johnny calls Owen to discuss some inappropriate feelings he started having about Germaine. Owen and Johnny agree that is an indication of Johnny's biological father.            In the next chapter, Owen and Johnny begin life at the Gravesend Academy, just as Tabitha had wanted, for the both of them. Owen was a scholarship student, Johnny, on the other hand is told by the Academy that he should repeat his ninth grade year at the Academy. Owen, out of faith to his friend, says that he will repeat the classes with Johnny. At the Academy, Owen quickly establishes himself as the ruler of the student newspaper "The Grave". His satirical remarks and blatant criticisms overwhelm the administration to the point where they abandon the fish only Friday meals at the cafeteria and allow him to interview prospective new headmasters which are being considered in the wake of the current headmaster's impending retirement. His contributions to the school newspaper earn him the nickname, the Voice. It is in the winter of 1959 that the Reverend Pinky Scammon falls on the steps of Hurd's church and is killed. Pastor Merril is hired as his replacement under Owen's advisement. On weekends, when the weather did not permit outdoor activities, Owen and Johnny began practicing what Owen called "The Shot". This involved Owen jumping into Johnny's arms and being lifted up to a basketball hoop to "dunk" the ball. Owen and Johnny were also of legal draft age, thus, they each carried a draft card. Owen discovered how to make a blank draft card on the copy machine in the Grave office. He began making fake draft cards for students who wished to have fake ID's and he charged $21 a card.