Abigail has gradually changed her perception of family during her trip to 1873. Abigail started off as a naïve and spoilt child with almost no empathy for others whatsoever. But, her trip to the past has taught her how to empathize with her family, what forgiving and family love really is and finally, awakened her to how much she really needed her family before. Abigail’s trip to the past has truly changed Abigail’s perception of family inside out by changing her from a spoilt and unforgiving child to a mature young lady who took into account other people’s feelings.
Abigail learns how to empathize with her family friends during her trip to the past. She started off saying things that do not take into account her family’s feelings, such as saying ‘oh shut up you’ to her mother at the start of the book on page 23. This from her mother’s point of view would’ve been greatly disrespectful and hurtful to her feelings. Small techniques that Ruth Park used had greatly impacted how we perceive Abigail during the early phases in the book. Examples include her choosing of a new name at the start of the book and the strong adjectives that describe the Abigail speaks, such as ‘Abigail commanded her mother…’ This small …show more content…
When she gets kidnapped earlier in the book, she thinks of granny, which shows us how much she secretly needs her family since she hated her granny before. She has matured in her way of thinking and no longer ignores how much she needed family. Even though she missed her modern environment, in 1873 she also missed her family, a lot. She missed them in a way that she has never done before. When she said ‘goodbye Judah, goodbye’ on page 158,it shows that she valued family over love. Ruth Park uses emotive language to really show how much she missed, relied and needed her family during 1873. Abigail’s trip to the past has made her value
Abigail learns how to empathize with her family friends during her trip to the past. She started off saying things that do not take into account her family’s feelings, such as saying ‘oh shut up you’ to her mother at the start of the book on page 23. This from her mother’s point of view would’ve been greatly disrespectful and hurtful to her feelings. Small techniques that Ruth Park used had greatly impacted how we perceive Abigail during the early phases in the book. Examples include her choosing of a new name at the start of the book and the strong adjectives that describe the Abigail speaks, such as ‘Abigail commanded her mother…’ This small …show more content…
When she gets kidnapped earlier in the book, she thinks of granny, which shows us how much she secretly needs her family since she hated her granny before. She has matured in her way of thinking and no longer ignores how much she needed family. Even though she missed her modern environment, in 1873 she also missed her family, a lot. She missed them in a way that she has never done before. When she said ‘goodbye Judah, goodbye’ on page 158,it shows that she valued family over love. Ruth Park uses emotive language to really show how much she missed, relied and needed her family during 1873. Abigail’s trip to the past has made her value