Genie Wiley Secret Of Feral Child Summary

1. What were some of the physical problems Genie had when she was discovered? Were any of them related to her lack of social interaction?

Based on the stories of Genie Wiley, a girl who is raised in extreme isolation by her parents, there are some physical problems that she had when she was discovered whereby she is not able to express herself which means that she couldn’t talk and had the language as the baby. This indicates that she is not being exposed by her parents to any significant amount of speech as it shows that she did not acquire language during her childhood. Her father did this as he thinks that her daughter was mentally retarded. Next, she also couldn’t walk properly and the characteristic of her movement is like the bunny hop which means she held her hands in front of her like claws. This is because; she is really weak as most of her time before discovered is in child’s potty chair. In the addition, she has the inability to chew the foods as she is not able to swallow both solid and soft foods. …show more content…
This can be proved by the theory from Cooley which Looking - Glass Self that shows self is the product of our social interaction. But for Genie’s case, she couldn’t express what she feels due to the facts of her abusive father that will hit her if she made