Humanities essay planning

 Text - Abomination

Author - Robert Swindell

Breach of HR Article interact:

• Breach means to not have followed it, or have broken it.

Article 1 : All human beings are born free and equal in dignity + rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

- You cannot be born into slavery, and no one is born differently. Everyone's the same. You have access to basic human rights, water, food, shelter.

• Martha, born into a religious cult, has basic human 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, lost rights to education, love, freedom, socialisation, clothing.

Why the author did this to Jim: Good storytelling, builds suspense & tension, feels sorry for Jim, angry at parents, shows relative influence of bullying.

Quotes:

• No friends because I’m righteous - I know I seem weird to them but it's not me, inside I'm just like them Pg.18

• Not allowed radio - The righteous believe the Devil reaches young people through pop music. Pg.11

• Kid in the basement - Abomination? It's a boy Scott a little boy. He lives in the cellar in a cage Pg.143

• Mother says they're raised in the dark like heathens.

• Jim doesn't see his mum - And she lets her kid live in a cage?...she doesn't know. Pg.146

Main story idea: Makes us feel sympathy, depressed, sympathy for Martha. We forgive Martha for keeping the secret about Jim because she is suffering.

Martha went to live with her sister, she got new clothes, not treated like a slave.

Abomination, reunited with his mum, gets clothes, proper shelter, basic human rights. Trauma - not gonna have a normal life.