Unbroken Chain
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Throughout the essay The Broken Chain, Fisher makes a discrete distinction between abuse and physical discipline. She insists that it is acceptable to react violently against someone if the action is justified by misconduct of the victim. " Once Rex hit me, I deserved it, because I had vented stupid petulance on my helpless little brother David." (pg. 10) Abusive behavior only exists when someone is taken advantage of who is innocent and feeble such as a child or a woman. " There has been more talk than usual about the abuse and angry beating of helpless people, mostly children and many women." (pg.10) Fisher also believes that disciplinary violence is meant to steer children the correct way. "They were counted by my age, and by nine or ten he began to use his hand, in an expert upward slap that stung more than the hairbrush. I often cried a little, to prove that I had learned my lesson...