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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

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