I was most disturbed astonished by the hairbrush scene. It is so vivid in my mind how the situation played out. To me, child abuse is something especially hard for me to handle, or even think about, and has been so ever since i can remember. It is harder for me to witness than even someone being murdered or raped. (I'm talking about in movies/tv mostly since I don't think i have ever seen any of these things first hand). Child abuse has always been very heavy on my heart. Im not really sure why, considering i had a lovely childhood-free of abuse of any kind.
The hairbrush scene with the mother, grandfather, and stepfather was the most powerful, and most awful scene in the essay. The innocent child walking into what is already a very unstable enviroment, with the mother sobbing on the floor and the stepfather and grandfather intensely arguing, is ended horribly bu the boy being hit in the face with a hairbrush by his abusive stepfather. My heart aches just envisioning this event. How could anyone do that to an innocent child? All it does is instill fear into the child and teach them to live in fear. A home is supposed to be a safe haven, not a place where you fear for your safety. Parents are supposed to love and care for their children, not smack them around
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