Abomination Essay

In the novel Abomination written by Robert Swindells, a protagonist named Martha Dewhurst. A girl bullied at school and beaten at home.  A girl whose family is part of a religious cult who have named themselves the "THE RIGHTEOUS" that follows certain rules that separates them from living normally like people who use modern technology.

One day a boy named Scott,  who is another main character lends her his ruler after she, Martha, forgot her one at home. After that day Scott has tried defending Martha for some obscure reason or another, making him a social outcast just like Martha. They became friends after Scott got beaten and Martha helping him by calling the teacher. They meet up from time-to-time to hang out, talk or eat food.

A very dark secret was revealed to Scott. A kid who is locked up in the cellar by Martha's parents, he had been trying to help Martha ever since and tried calling out to the boy's mother through posting messages online.

The book Abomination has helped me understand the importance of  Friendship.

The main idea of this essay to inform why Scott is an influential character in the story.

To start it off when Martha has forgotten to bring her ruler to school, Scott notices this and lent his own one to her even though everyone hated Martha for reasons of her being different from other kids their age. Scott paid no mind to it and didn't think about the consequences of being a social outcast himself. Scott has led me to believe that no matter what other people think you always do the right thing.

My previous school has said to me once, that wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it and right is right even though no one is doing it.

I agree with this saying because people these days follow on what the majority of other people are doing whether it's good or not.

My Second point is that Scott stood up for Martha when she was getting bullied. Originally he was reluctant on supporting Martha since he was originally bullying her on the first day of school.  

He changes somehow I figured he felt sorry for Martha so he helped her.

At first, he blamed Martha because he thought she put some kind of spell on his ruler but after awhile he was just confused on why he helped her.

 This action has to lead the two, to become friends with each other because no one has helped her in any way. This part of the story was important because Martha gained a friend to talk to or support her on her difficulties at her home.

I think it's good to have a friend to lend you hand because it'll be easier for people to live, just like how Martha started to change and see what was wrong with her life after Scott showed her that it is not normal to live in an abusive home and gave her confidence to stand to her parents so she could try to fix her life to save her and her sister's kid.  

Lastly, Scott persevered in finding Martha’s sister, Mary. Even though that there was a little chance of finding her since there is a lot of people on the internet he keeps on trying even if he knows there were consequences for his actions bad or not.

By taking this risk Scott reunited Martha, her nephew and Big sister again. He saved Martha from being abused and following her parent's footstep and saved a little kids life from being hidden from the world and learning what the outside felt like. They were caged birds trying to break free and Scott was their saviour.

To sum it up Scott was a really important character on Martha’s life, Scott has supported her in any way possible, he wasn’t afraid to take action when there could have been consequences just to help a friend in need. If it wasn’t for him Martha would have remained living the way she was and her nephew locked up in the cage under in their cellar, while Martha is continuously being harassed and has been submitted to the life of being in “The Righteous.”