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Summary Of The Broken Chain By M. K Fisher

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In her article” The Broken Chain “ M.F.K Fisher talk about her opinion concerning “ The abuse and angry beating of helpless people, mostly children and many women”. At first, she was spanked and said that she was not. She was spanked until twelve-year-old by her dad. She was spanked for any reason. Since she is oldest, so when her younger sister and brother done something wrong, and she will get spanked by her dad. When she was twelve which her dad tell her that this is the last time he spanked her, and he also apologized. Her father has a difficult memory. He was spanked by her grandfather, every Saturday, until sixteen. After knowing what her dad has been going through. She thinks that educational a child physical is unacceptable and abuse

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