Main Story Idea for 'In the Rubbish Tin' by Apirana Taylor
Question: Describe one idea that you thought was worth learning about. Explain why it was worth learning about in the text as a whole.
‘In The Rubbish Tin’ is a harsh short story about a cruel reality, by Apirana Taylor. The story is set out in an episode form, that switches in between three different characters points at the same time in the story. The main character of the story focus, is Phillipa, a young girl who has been left at home all by herself on her birthday by her father Rolf and her mother Ruth. Phillipa spends her time talking with her ragdoll ‘Chubby’ and imagining unrealistic situations because of her young, undeveloped mind. The idea in the story that was worth learning about is how you can feel in an abusive and neglectful relationship and what happens when you can’t face reality and try to escape through imagination, distractions and violence.
At the beginning of the short story there is key line which tell us that “Phillipa’s Dad was away. Mum had gone into town and had forgotten to lock Phillipa in the house.” This informs us instantly that she does not live in a normal family household and that she is left alone quite frequently. She is the shown talking to her ragdoll and making fantasy situations that would never happen in reality. This gives us a hint into how her mind works and how she really thinks. which is how? We then gather that she is young, but hasn’t been taught enough for her to understand how things really are in her life. Phillipa, having probably grown up around violence, punches chubby when she gets angry with it, which, then relates to the saying that children learn from what they see and it affects how they treat others because they don’t have the concept of ‘that is wrong’ because they have seen that constantly which then makes them believe that it is okay to do those things to other people. She uses her imagination as a distraction because she is so young and also because she doesn’t have a good example of parents
‘In The Rubbish Tin’ is a harsh short story about a cruel reality, by Apirana Taylor. The story is set out in an episode form, that switches in between three different characters points at the same time in the story. The main character of the story focus, is Phillipa, a young girl who has been left at home all by herself on her birthday by her father Rolf and her mother Ruth. Phillipa spends her time talking with her ragdoll ‘Chubby’ and imagining unrealistic situations because of her young, undeveloped mind. The idea in the story that was worth learning about is how you can feel in an abusive and neglectful relationship and what happens when you can’t face reality and try to escape through imagination, distractions and violence.
At the beginning of the short story there is key line which tell us that “Phillipa’s Dad was away. Mum had gone into town and had forgotten to lock Phillipa in the house.” This informs us instantly that she does not live in a normal family household and that she is left alone quite frequently. She is the shown talking to her ragdoll and making fantasy situations that would never happen in reality. This gives us a hint into how her mind works and how she really thinks. which is how? We then gather that she is young, but hasn’t been taught enough for her to understand how things really are in her life. Phillipa, having probably grown up around violence, punches chubby when she gets angry with it, which, then relates to the saying that children learn from what they see and it affects how they treat others because they don’t have the concept of ‘that is wrong’ because they have seen that constantly which then makes them believe that it is okay to do those things to other people. She uses her imagination as a distraction because she is so young and also because she doesn’t have a good example of parents