April 22, 2013
Research Writing
D- hour
Imaginary Character Biographical Paper
Peter Griffin Biography
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist of the show Family Guy and its title character. He's a man of Irish descent currently residing in Quahog, Rhode Island. He was, however, born in Mexico, where his mother had tried unsuccessfully to abort him.Peter was raised by Francis and Thelma Griffin in the Roman Catholic faith. However, he discovers that his biological father is a man named Mickey McFinnigan. Peter has a wife named Lois Griffin whom he has been married to for twenty years and together, Peter and Lois have three children, Chris, Meg, and baby Stewie. Out of pity he also adopted an intellectual talking dog named Brian who formerly lived on the street as a stray. Peter's best friends are Glenn Quagmire, Joe Swanson, and Cleveland Brown prior to his moving to Stoolbend, VA. They enjoy hanging out at their local bar, The Drunken Clam and drinking. These four often get into trouble with their drunkenness.
Education wise Peter has been known to have attended Providence high School in Rhode Island, but to have never graduated. He also has no college experience. This all may explain why his low intellect places him in a category below mentally retarded. His mental shortcomings have resulted in various accidents to other people; most notably the death of his step-father Francis Griffin, and injuries on multiple occasions to his wife Lois Griffin. Peter is shown generally to be a complete idiot, such as being dumb enough to think that there can be a World War 5 before World Wars 3 and 4 because it would be so intense that it would "Skip right over the other two." Peter also has a very short attention span which frequently leads him to bizarre situations.
Peter primarily worked as a safety inspector at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory, until his boss Jonathan Weed choked to death on a dinner roll. He then became a fisherman on his