Abomination Essay
Martha Dewhurst is the main character in Robert Swindells novel, ‘Abomination’.
Martha is a young twelve year old girl who is controlled by her parents, bullied at school and has a terrible secret that she has to keep. That secret is Abomination Martha is in charge of the caring for this big secret. Throughout the story Martha slowly starts to rebel against her parents and the bullies that ruin her life. Scott the new kid at Martha’s school helps Martha break out of her horrible life.
Martha isn't very rebellious and doesn't do much about here life. She does everything she is told and just puts up with bullying and doesn't say no to her parents. Martha lets her parent correct her bullies chase her home and pick on her but she just lets it happen and does nothing Martha just lets her life suck. Martha just lets herself be correct and bullied because she doesn’t do anything to stop it.
Interestingly and new student called Scott Coxon starts school then Martha and Scott become friends. Slowly Martha's life changes and she she starts to rebel. Scott helps Martha have fun and disobey her parents and the righteous Martha’s church). Martha starts to go outside while her parents are out at work one night she even goes to Scott's house and she would eat junk food with Scott. Martha knows this food is forbidden by her parents but she doesn’t care. It shows me that Martha is changing as she rebelles and disobeys her parents and starts to think freely. She is not at all the same girl.
Martha’s confidence continues to grow and is no longer under her parents control. He is completely disobeying her parents by getting Scott to contact Mary Martha's sister over the internet. At school Martha is standing up for herself at school and she even lets Scott come round to her house. At the end of the book she has escaped her parents and given Marry her child back after telling Scott about the secret that she was forced to keep for so long. So Martha has become a free thinker is completely rebellious and stands up for herself.
So throughout the Novel abomination Martha has drastically changed from being a bullied beaten girl that doesn't stand up for herself to being a rebellious girl that stands up for herself and disobeys her parents. Martha's changes start when she meets Scott and Scott helps Martha rebelles and break free from the life she puts up with. At the end of the novel Martha’s life has completely changed. The conclusion of this whole essay is that Martha's life changed throughout the Entire story from start to finish.
By:Caleb 9ca
(Blazing Dragon 23)
Nice job Caleb and even though this is your first post ever nicely done
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