Gwen Harwood’s work frequently focuses on woman being demoralised by society’s practices that reduce her to a lesser being. A common worldwide value that Harwood rejects as the normality in life with her poems. Harwood battles against the traditions that she believes support this downgrading by continually returning to the issue. Due to Harwood’s existence in a time where women of Australia still fought to vote and for a pay check to match a man’s, Harwood too displays her support. “The Lions Bride” is centred on the subject of marriage and entails the ugliness of the situations that are specific to women. This remains relevant to the modern world because of the ongoing struggle for equality. By using a wedding as a platform to highlight societies imposed traditions on females she seeks to shock the conventional expectations by demonising the widely romantisied event. Harwood extends this and questions treatment of women in the world before any vows are made.…
Genie's childhood of going to the beach gave her the exposer of Sealife and exploring fish.…
In this chapter, Barbara Arrowsmith is a young girl whose brain was asymmetry and her body was not normal since her right side was larger than her left. Due to her learning disabilities, she lacked the spatial reasoning. She also had kinesthetic problem as well as visual disability. She had trouble understanding math concepts, grammar. Due to her dyslexic, she couldn’t tell the different between b, d, q, and p, read “saw” as “was” which almost cost her life since she sniffles sulfuric acids.…
Around the time Lynn reaches the age of six months, she and her family attend a Fourth of July celebration. As is typical of these events, there were fireworks. Characteristic of a child her age, Lynn fell asleep before the festivities started. When the fireworks started exploding, Thomas expected Lynn to wake. She did not. Nor did she start at all in reaction to the thunderous sounds. She slept soundly on. This was the first time Thomas and Louise suspected their daughter might be deaf.…
The effects of the lack of emotional care lead to Genie not forming any attachments with people and when she was taken away and put in a hospital in LA, she never fully recovered socially. After being looked after and cared for by teachers, doctors and scientists, Genie rarely showed any interest in other people that were around her during her life. Bowlby says that the sensitive period for effective attachment was between 6 months old and 2 to 3 years old. Genie Wiley was discovered by the local authorities at the age of 13 so this age was far too late for her to form attachments with people which mean that…
Genie was left in extreme isolation. She was kept in a back bedroom,tied to a toilet. She received little stimulation of any kind and was fed baby food.She was given no visual or other sensory stimulation.This case shows that infancy and childhood are critical times for brain development.…
Genie: A Scientific Tragedy analyzes the psychological journey of a child whom had been severely deprived of socialization in addition to unethical maltreatment. The novel examines the actions taken to try and potentially aid Genie in integrating herself into our common civilization, if that was even possible. Genie had spent her whole young life until she was thirteen years old stuck in isolation. Her father, Clark, had taken it upon himself to protect Genie from the outside world when he had learned that she was mentally retarded, thus keeping her in a constantly dark room, strapped daily to an infant potty chair, so she would not have the need to move or interact with anything whatsoever. Though Clark had made it clear to Irene, Genie’s mother…
She is also now able to look at herself differently than she would have years ago. Years ago, she would have looked down upon herself in a mental institution because there were not studies to assess the autistic brain. Now, she is even able to study her own brain. Grandin states, “I find these results fascinating because they highlight some of the odd things going on in my brain that help make me who I am” (33). Throughout Temple Grandin’s life, autism has come a long way.…
Genie apparently experienced mental retardation and could possibly be the reason for her lack of speech and not privation; therefore lacks validity as researchers may not be measuring what they intended…
“The pathway that an individual takes to enter the new world allows for growth and change”…
The case of Genie is a very popular and severe case of parental abuse and neglect. Genie was found at the age of 13 by the child welfare authorities of Los Angeles. Genie was isolated and abused. Her father had locked her in a room and had strapped her to a potty chair, preventing her arms and legs from moving. Her father used to beat her with various objects and scared her by barking at her like a wild dog. Also, Genie was not given any solid food and was only fed baby food. Consequently, Genie did not develop any language skills, did not know how to walk, was weak and developed a fear of dogs. She had severe bruising on her body which took several weeks to heal. After Genie was found she was admitted to the Children's Hospital where she started showing improvement and started to develop necessary development skills. She learned sign language, she could speak some sentences and had demonstrated normal human behavior like forming attachments, learning to walk straight etc. I feel this case demonstrates the statement "The way neighbors’ raised their children was their own business" because when the neighbors’ were questioned about Genie and her family, the neighbors’ didn't even know she existed. Whereas if they tried to find out about the family living next door to them and would be a bit concerned or tried to build a friendly relationship with Genie's family, Genie could have been saved earlier and she could have had a better life.…
The book Of Mice and Men follows George and Lennie on their journey to reach the American Dream. Although the American Dream can vary from person to person, the main goal of the dream is to gain something they desire. George and Lennie’s goal is to have their own land and make their own decisions. “Someday-we’re gonna get the jack together and we gonna have a little house and a couple of acres” (Steinbeck 14). To reach their dream, George lies for Lennie because of his mental disabilities. Even though George is lying, it doesn’t compromise his moral character because he is doing this to protect Lennie. Later on in the book, Lennie accidentally murders Curley’s wife to prevent himself from getting in trouble. Some may argue it compromises his moral character, but due to his mental disabilities he wasn’t able to know his actions were wrong. George and Lennie were not able to achieve the American Dream, but they did try to accomplish it without compromising their moral character.…
The magic genie grants Bethany three wishes, three chances to have something she would not normally get in her life. Martin uses the genie to unmask Bethany’s hidden desires and discontent in her life. Her first wish for $25,000 was…
Two months later the doctors announced that she was improving and was healthy enough to go home for the first time. We were informed she was going to be very delayed and that she may be autistic. Doctors referred many places for her to go and many people for her to see, but with this being the first time that this had happened to someone in the family no one know what was the best option for her. At 10 months old Breelynd started therapy. She was referred to a therapist to help her learn motor skills so hopefully one day she could function like other kids. Over this past year I had witnessed many healthcare professionals work with my niece, but none of them brought interest in me until I met her occupational therapist. After watching the weekly sessions and learning what to do to help her develop the needed skills she needed I realized that I had found the job that I wanted to pursue.…
In the beginning of the 1920’s, Russia was controlled by a communist era. Everyone struggled to survive in a country they have considered their own. Parents were taken away, children were stolen from homes. Everyone was oppressed from the right to live freely. Felice Holman, author of the book the Wild Children centers her book on how the children of Russia in the 1920’s sought refuge to survive and pushed through the limitation of childhood caused by societal revolution especially in this period where vulnerability for children is very evident. Wild Children talks about Peter and Alex that in the midst of a land deprived from liberty for children, these two characters rose to the precipice of the unknown and risked their own freedom to help and lead the wild children of Russia escape to the land of freedom.…