This article is about a book I recently finished reading at school. It is called Abomination. The author is Robert Swindells and he really put some thought and cool plot twists in this book. I have written an essay about something that really stood out to me in the book. The main character Martha Dewhurst changes a lot in this book. Here I show some of the changes she has made.
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Martha Dewhurst lives by the strict rules of her religion, The Righteous (A religious group in the book). She is getting beaten at home and at school. She doesn’t feel normal and she doesn’t fit in. She takes the path of rebellion and the secret of ‘abomination’ is slowly exposed. This essay shows the evolution and how Martha is becoming a more confident, happy and free person.
The first example of this happening is Martha’s friendship with Scott (Scott is Martha’s new friend). It makes her feel what it’s like being normal. She wants this normal life and decides that she doesn’t want to be controlled by her religion. For instance… “I was home from Scott’s at five past eight… I checked on Abomination (Abomination is the code name that is given to Martha’s brother. He is locked in a cage at Martha’s house.), then continued my campaign of rebellion with an hour of Radio One.” Chapter 29. Martha knows that she is prohibited to listen to pop music, but she still listens to it because she is feeling more rebellious and sees that the Righteous and her parents are forcing her to do wrong things.
The second case is when Martha looks up to her big sister, Mary and tries to be like her. The fact that Martha thought that Mary was sent away by her Father, but Mary was rebellious and saw that their doing was wrong and left the house. Martha’s thoughts of her sister that she never met, inspired her to be more like her. This text shows her admiration for Mary “Oh, yes. She was braver than, me. She used to stay out, see boys. I don’t remember much about it really. Father sent her away when I was six.” Chapter 18. She explains to Scott that Mary was rebellious and didn’t like to follow the Righteous rules. Martha then said that Mary got sent away because of her misbehaviour. She wants to get out, but she is too young and is scared to do so.
Asda, the third demonstration of Martha breaking out of her shell. Martha is instructed to go to Asda (the supermarket) by herself. At school, Scott persuades Martha to go to Asda with her. Martha knew inside that this was disobeying her parent's rules. She still accepts because inside, she truly doesn’t like being restricted by her parents. Here, it shows where Martha is different from Scott. Martha doesn’t know the true reason Scott asked to come with her. “When I went to skip the sweets and biscuits aisle he yelled, ‘Best bit coming up!’, grabbed my arm and steered me and the trolley into it.” The text is written very well and shows emotion variation. Martha is constantly scared if someone from the Righteous sees her. Then it says that she doesn’t care if someone sees her and she runs off with Scott buying sweets and treats, left, right and centre. This short text shows how Scott influences Martha into being more relaxed and cheerful.
Concluding this concept of Martha becoming a more self-respected person, I can say that, during the process of making friends with Scott she finds the perspective of living as a normal child. She begins to realise that what her parents are doing isn’t right. Her true child instincts slowly creep out and she starts to rebel. Scott and Mary are a real inspiration to Martha. They signal to her to wake up and become conscious of what she and her parents are contributing to. Ultimately, we can observe that from a shy, terrified child she has become a more social and proactive child. Martha has mixed feelings now. She feels sorry for her parents and happy for new her life with Mary. I wonder what awaits Martha in the future, as she is a whole new person.
这篇文章是关于我最近在学校读完的一本书。它被称为憎恶。作者是罗伯特斯文德尔斯，他在这本书中确实提出了一些思想和冷静的情节曲折。我写了一篇关于书中真正引人注目的文章。主角Martha Dewhurst在这本书中发生了很大的变化。在这里，我展示了她所做的一些改变。
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玛莎·德赫斯特（Martha Dewhurst）遵守她宗教的严格规则，即“义人”（The Righteous）（书中的一个宗教团体）。她在家里和学校都遭到殴打。她感觉不正常，她不适应。她走上了反叛的道路，“憎恶”的秘密慢慢暴露出来。本文展示了玛莎正在成为一个更自信，快乐和自由的人的演变。
发生这种情况的第一个例子是Martha与Scott的友谊（Scott是Martha的新朋友）。这让她感受到正常的感觉。她想要这种正常的生活，并决定她不想被她的宗教所控制。例如......“我八点五十分回到斯科特的家里......我检查了憎恶（憎恶是给玛莎兄弟的代号。他被关在玛莎家的笼子里。）然后继续我的叛乱运动一号电台一小时。“第29章。玛莎知道她被禁止听流行音乐，但她仍然听着它，因为她感觉更叛逆，并且看到正义和她的父母强迫她做错事。
第二种情况是玛莎看着她的大姐玛丽，并试图像她一样。事实上，玛莎认为玛丽被她的父亲送走了，但是玛丽叛逆并且看到他们做错了并离开了房子。玛莎对她姐姐的想法从未见过，激励她更像她。这段经文表明她对玛丽的钦佩“哦，是的。她比我勇敢。她常常待在外面，看到男生。我真的不记得了。父亲在我六岁的时候把她送走了。“第18章。她向斯科特解释说，玛丽是反叛的，不喜欢遵循正义的规则。玛莎随后说，由于她的不端行为，玛丽被赶走了。她想要离开，但她太年轻了，害怕这样做。
阿斯达，玛莎的第三次示威突破了她的外壳。玛莎被要求独自前往阿斯达（超市）。在学校，斯科特说服玛莎和她一起去阿斯达。玛莎在里面知道这违反了她父母的规定。她仍然接受，因为在内心，她真的不喜欢受到父母的限制。在这里，它显示了玛莎与斯科特不同的地方。玛莎不知道斯科特要求跟她来的真正原因。 “当我去跳过甜食和饼干过道时，他大叫，'最好的一点！'，抓住我的胳膊，把我和手推车拉进去。”文字写得很好，表现出情绪的变化。如果来自正义的人看到她，玛莎总是害怕。然后它说她不在乎是否有人看到她而且她和斯科特一起吃糖果和零食，左，右和中心。这篇简短的文字展示了斯科特如何影响玛莎更加轻松愉快。
结合玛莎成为一个更加自尊的人的这个概念，我可以说，在与斯科特交朋友的过程中，她找到了像普通孩子一样生活的观点。她开始意识到她父母所做的事情是不对的。她真正的孩子本能慢慢地蠕动，她开始反抗。斯科特和玛丽是玛莎的真正灵感来源。他们向她发出信号，让她醒来并意识到她和她父母的贡献。最终，我们可以从一个害羞，害怕的孩子身上发现，她已成为一个更加社交和积极主动的孩子。玛莎现在心情复杂。她为她的父母感到难过，并为与玛丽的新生活感到高兴。我想知道玛莎将来会等待什么，因为她是一个全新的人。