In the book, My Story, fourteen girl old girl, Elizabeth Smart, tells the story of her nine month kidnapping. Through those nine months she experienced an unreal amount of torture and she shares the intimate details of those excruciating events.
Elizabeth Smart was known as kind, respectful, and shy. She started playing the harp when she was young and loved it so she played local weddings, funerals, and recitals. She also ran cross country at her high school, Bryant Intermediate School. Elizabeth was just a normal girl living a normal life with normal friends and family, until the day that everything changed. Brian David Mitchell had first met Elizabeth on the streets when her family gave him money because he was homeless. That was when he decided she was the one he wanted. After that, he followed her home and got a job …show more content…
Knowing where Elizabeth would be, he went right to her and woke her up while holding a knife to her throat so she wouldn’t scream or make any noises. Her sister, Mary Katherine, was also sleeping in the same room and she woke up while her sister was being kidnapped. Once Elizabeth and Brian were already out of the house, Mary Katherine woke her parents up and told them a man took Elizabeth and they contacted the police right away, but it was too late. Elizabeth and Brian were already halfway up the mountain on the way to their camp, Elizabeth’s soon to be home for the next few months.
Once they reached their camp in the Dry Creek Canyon, they met Brian’s wife, Wanda Barzee. They then settled in and Elizabeth witnessed the first form of torture she would receive over the next nine months. On the first day, Brian and Wanda performed a wedding ceremony marrying Elizabeth and Brian, making Mitchell a polygamist. She then spent the next couple of months getting to know her captors and adjusting to her current situation and new way of
Elizabeth Smart was known as kind, respectful, and shy. She started playing the harp when she was young and loved it so she played local weddings, funerals, and recitals. She also ran cross country at her high school, Bryant Intermediate School. Elizabeth was just a normal girl living a normal life with normal friends and family, until the day that everything changed. Brian David Mitchell had first met Elizabeth on the streets when her family gave him money because he was homeless. That was when he decided she was the one he wanted. After that, he followed her home and got a job …show more content…
Knowing where Elizabeth would be, he went right to her and woke her up while holding a knife to her throat so she wouldn’t scream or make any noises. Her sister, Mary Katherine, was also sleeping in the same room and she woke up while her sister was being kidnapped. Once Elizabeth and Brian were already out of the house, Mary Katherine woke her parents up and told them a man took Elizabeth and they contacted the police right away, but it was too late. Elizabeth and Brian were already halfway up the mountain on the way to their camp, Elizabeth’s soon to be home for the next few months.
Once they reached their camp in the Dry Creek Canyon, they met Brian’s wife, Wanda Barzee. They then settled in and Elizabeth witnessed the first form of torture she would receive over the next nine months. On the first day, Brian and Wanda performed a wedding ceremony marrying Elizabeth and Brian, making Mitchell a polygamist. She then spent the next couple of months getting to know her captors and adjusting to her current situation and new way of