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The novel “I for Isobel” portrays a young girl through the awakening of her childhood, family, relationships and into adolescent experiences of the journey of life. Written by Amy Witting in a semi-autobiographical genre, Isobel`s life was moulded by the treatment she received from her mother, more so her intentions then her abusive behaviour towards Isobel. Set in Australia during the 1950`s, Isobel`s life was depicted through a life where poverty played a large role. A home where the stress of poverty significantly impacted the family bonds. Through symbolism of the quote “…her mother`s intentions were far more violent than her blows”, portrays the relationship the pair share through, the emotional abuse, psychological battle between mother …show more content…

Isobel`s life as a nine year old saw her living in a life where rules continuously change to what Mrs Callaghan believes is acceptable. A passage in the text describing Isobel, tells the reader that “she was nature timid, anxious only to know what was required of her so as to keep out of trouble”, depicts her to feel as she is desperate to do the right thing but no matter what she does, nothing is ever going to be good enough for her mother. The intention of no birthday presents to only Isobel, was left to haunt her as she continued through life believing that the little things that she found enjoyment from was considered to be bad. Through the emotional abuse, Isobel never truly recovered from her mother`s intentions as this was the long lasting effect that the discipline of never knowing what was coming around the corner, whether it was the emotional or violent side of abuse. In thus, shaping Isobel`s life through her mental mindset for her future years to …show more content…

The tearing of the yellow dress in the text was a moment when we saw Isobel crack from the war between mother and daughter, where a moment of relief went across Mrs Callaghan`s face when she saw the pure hatred Isobel had towards her as she tore the dress off of Margaret`s body. This battle lead the readers to believe that the intention of her mother lead to her own identity and self-doubt issues later in life and never truly understanding societies morals throughout her young childhood as everything she ever did was seen as

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