Genie is a thirteen year old girl who was saved from social isolation. She was born with Rh blood poisoning but was saved because of a blood transfusion. Genie’s father, Clark was told that she may have a chance of mental retardation because of the blood transfusion. Taking that into consideration, Clark was determined to protect his child. Therefore, he strapped her up into an infant potty chair keeping her away from the outside world. Genie was left all alone in a dark bedroom all day. If she made any noise, Clark would beat her and bark to her to make her be quiet. Genie was tortured and had a horrible childhood. She never learnt how to speak properly or interact with others. It can be said that Clark made his daughter mentally retarded. Irene, Genie’s mother, was blind due to cataracts. One day she …show more content…
She already had a horrible childhood and then her teenage years were ruined because of foster care. Genie was being abused in every foster home she went into. She never received any kind of love or affection her whole life. Genie was such an innocent sweet child. She did not deserve any of that. Child abuse is a very important and main theme in this book. Since Genie was an infant, she’s been abused. Her father locked her up in a dark room by herself, beat her, and frightened her. Because of Clark, Genie could never have a normal life. She never learned how to speak properly, eat properly, behave, control her emotions, or even socialize with people. Not only was she abused as a child but Genie was also abused when she got older in the foster homes she was sent it to. Another theme in this is book is scientific study. After hearing about this remarkably tragic case, many scientists wanted to study Genie. They wanted to observe her behavior, improvements, and failures. It was a special case to them because they would gain so much insight on patients such as
Genies father, Clark and her mother Irene met at her work in Hollywood, California. After the couple married they had four children, despite the fact that Clark did not want to have children. Of the four only the second and the fourth child survived infancy, however both Genie and her brother experienced developmental delays while growing up. Shortly after, Clarks mother passed away leading Clark to become protective of the family. After Clark had found out about Genies apparent retardation he kept her isolation in order to protect her, during this time Genie was in complete isolation, she was left hungry and forgotten for years on end. Clarks Overbearing protectiveness over the family finally came to an end in November of 2014 when Irene, who had lost most of her eyesight, had accidentally stumbled into the Los Angeles County welfare office. One of the workers saw Genie and believed it was nothing more than an unreported case
The final child of the couple was Genie. At a doctor’s appointment in late 1958 when Genie was 20 months old the doctor diagnosed her with mild retardation. However, this claim has been debated. Nevertheless, Genie’s sadistic father kept her in extreme isolation locked away in an upstairs bedroom. The window was covered in aluminium foil and Genie was tightly restrained to a potty chair in near darkness every day. At night she slept in a tattered sleeping bag tied down in a cot that was enclosed with chicken wire. Although she would often be left on the potty chair overnight. She was malnourished and Clark forbid his son and wife to speak to Genie. If she was to make any sound she was beaten with a wooden plank, and was allegedly sexually abused also. Though no one will ever know exactly what
* The girl was given the name Genie to protect her identity and privacy. "The case name is Genie. This is not the person's real name, but when we think about what a genie is, a genie is a creature that comes out of a bottle or whatever, but emerges into human society past childhood. We assume that it really isn't a creature that had a human childhood,” explained Susan Curtiss in a documentary called Secrets of the Wild Child (1997).
“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.” This quote was said by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. James Earl Ray was the man in charge of taking the life of this amazing man. King states that he will die for what he believes in and he did exactly that. He died for the right of equality for all human beings. The murder of an American patriot, Martin Luther King Jr., caused James Earl Ray to leave a legacy of hatred, which has left disgrace upon his name.
Furthermore, another character that proves that Victor Hugo is trying to say that human nature is basically good is Javert. On page 336 it states, “Javert felt that something horrible was penetrating his soul, admiration for a convict. Repose first for a galley slave can that be possible? He shuddered at it yet could not shake it off… Javert bent his head and looked. All was black. He could distinguish nothing. He heard a frothing sound; but he did not see the river…”. This quote by Victor Hugo emphasizes on this unusual emotion of goodness arousing within Javert. It’s revealing a transformation of Javert’s character from a hardened law worshipper directly to someone feeling for a convict. Javert is seen gaining his conscious and eventually
It would seem that the primary struggle that Darl faces in the novel is the differentiation between “being” and “not-being” and the value, meaning, and importance of his own self. In the same way that Vardaman does not understand mortality, Darl does not understand himself, and this severely clouds his judgment when it comes to coping with the death of his mother. Darl seems to be a rational person at the beginning of the novel, but he plagues himself with questions regarding the fact that, “In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are filled with sleep, you never were. I don’t know what I am. I don’t know if I am or not” (Faulkner 80). Darl cannot navigate his own identity, and it seems that this, combined with his subpar relationship with Addie, leads him to attempt to cope by repressing his despair in multiple failed attempts to understand himself. Butchart notes that “By dissociating himself from his mother and employing dangerous defense mechanisms, Darl’s sanity atrophies” (Butchart 60). The descent to madness that Darl endures is a sympathetic plight to most readers, since Darl is arguably one of the more sympathetic characters in the novel, but this decline is ultimately guided by his inability to come to terms with himself and his actions, especially concerning the fact that he was not present at the death of his mother. Jewel copes with the death of his mother in a way that is similar to the method that Darl utilizes, in that he represses his feelings, despite the fact that his close connection with Addie allows the reader to assume that he is the most hurt by her death. Jewel then uses his grief to fuel his devotion to heroic duty, which is primarily seen in his efforts to save Addie from the burning barn and
"If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise."
For example, Genie Wiley, whom is the child who was locked up and tied to a toileting chair in a room on her own for 13 years as her father believed she had a disability. This act of isolation has had a detrimental effect on her development. When Genie was found she was unable to walk properly, was unable to eat solid food and could not talk, this was believed to be because indications showed
his isolation from his family to grow stronger. In the end, both Darl and Jewel will never feel the freedom of isolation due to their
The Holocaust was one of the most devastating moments in history. In WW2, The Nazi Party had occupied over eleven European countries, and the genocide of over eleven million Jews had brought a swarm of hatred leading to Adolf Hitler. “Rose Blanche” is a historical fiction text, written by Roberti Innocenti. This children’s book is about an innocent girl who gets into a predicament involving the current war. Conclusively, Rose Blanche is an innocent child loves to explore and wander around, yet the ongoing war has affected the way she lives in many ways.
Genie is a wild child who found in LA on 1970, she is a very extreme case of neglected the caretaking from adult. Her father believed she is retarder She spent her first thirteen years on tiding at the potty chair and still wearing diaper, she had never see, listen, being taught of anything in her life. For the past many years she had been isolation and lack of adult care make her the way she is right now.
Genie’s case is heartbreaking. Not only did she suffer unimaginable traumas during the first 12 years of her life, but her case resulted in a tug-of-war from researchers who wanted to help her, yet wanted to further their own agenda. It was particularly sad to hear that she had returned to live with her mother at age 18, and then entered the foster care system when her mother realized that she was ill equipped to care for her daughter. She was subjected to further trauma and abuse,
emotional or sexual. Because of child abuse, Caprice Ried will never do the things that a
After she was found Genie was treated like a research project rather than a child. She was still passed around from researcher to researcher meaning it was unlikely she developed strong bonds. Because of lack of findings, care from the researchers was pulled. This meant she went back to her unable mother.
Genie was a young girl found after being strapped to a potty chair for thirteen years. Her father mistreated her because he did not want children and would beat her if she attempted to speak, forbidding anyone from talking to her. Her father also fashioned a homemade straightjacket to further restrict her movement although she did not have motor capabilities past that of a toddler. She did not have the ability to speak besides cries and yelling sounds and was drastically underweight. In an ethical attempt to transition Genie into the real world, a linguist named Susan Curtiss was brought in. She attempted to teach Genie language and communication skills, soon progressing to teaching more sophisticated English. The people working with Genie