Text - Abomination
Author - Robert Swindell
Breaches of HR Article 1 in text - Breach means to not have followed it or broken it. - Article 1 - all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with the reason and conscience and should act towards another in a spirit if brotherhood. - means no one is born different from others - can't be born into slavery. - you have access to basic human rights -food, water and shelter. - Martha - born into religious cult, has basic rights but no personal freedom, - Martha is treated like a slave by her parents. -Abomination/Jim - born and kept in a cage, not allowed outside - has basic human rights. - last rights to education, love, freedom, socialization. - No clothes! - Quotes - no friends because righteous - Not allowed radio - Quotes - kid in basement Martha to Scott = Jim doesn't see his mum. - Main story - makes us feel empathy/depressed sympathy for Martha. - We forgive Martha for keeping the secret about Jim because she is also suffering. - Good story telling. Build suspense and tension. Feel sorry for Jim, feel angry at her parents. - Shows negative influence of bullying. - Martha - Yes - She went to live with her sister, gets new clothes, not treated like a slave or different. - Abomination: Resolved - gets to socialize, see his mum, clothes, freedom, privacy, love - Trauma - not gonna have a normal life. - The righteous believe the devil reaches young people through the pop music P.11 - I know I seem weird to them, but it's not me, inside I'm just like them P.18 - Abomination's - a boy, Scott. A little boy he lives in the cellar in a cage " P.143 - 'and she lets her kid lives in a cage... She doesn't know!' P.146