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    This document provides a summary of the memoir "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. It describes how Dugard was kidnapped at age 11 by Phillip Garrido when walking to her school bus stop. She was held captive for 18 years, during which time she was repeatedly raped and gave birth to two daughters. The memoir details the physical and emotional abuse Dugard endured during her captivity. It also describes her rescue when police discovered her identity during a parole meeting with Garrido. Dugard was finally reunited with her family and now works to help other victims of abduction and exploitation through her JAYC Foundation. The document analyzes how the memoir gave insight into the tragic effects

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    This document provides a summary of the memoir "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. It describes how Dugard was kidnapped at age 11 by Phillip Garrido when walking to her school bus stop. She was held captive for 18 years, during which time she was repeatedly raped and gave birth to two daughters. The memoir details the physical and emotional abuse Dugard endured during her captivity. It also describes her rescue when police discovered her identity during a parole meeting with Garrido. Dugard was finally reunited with her family and now works to help other victims of abduction and exploitation through her JAYC Foundation. The document analyzes how the memoir gave insight into the tragic effects

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    This document provides a summary of the memoir "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. It describes how Dugard was kidnapped at age 11 by Phillip Garrido when walking to her school bus stop. She was held captive for 18 years, during which time she was repeatedly raped and gave birth to two daughters. The memoir details the physical and emotional abuse Dugard endured during her captivity. It also describes her rescue when police discovered her identity during a parole meeting with Garrido. Dugard was finally reunited with her family and now works to help other victims of abduction and exploitation through her JAYC Foundation. The document analyzes how the memoir gave insight into the tragic effects

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    KylieHaverson
    Mr.Conrad
    EnglishPeriod5
    9May2016
    InquiryProjectBook#2(Memoir)
    AStolenLife

    Mytopicforthisinquiryprojectisawordthatmostpeople,butmostlyparentsare

    frightenedby.Thewordiskidnapped.Ihavealwayslovedreadingbooksaboutmysteriesand
    peoplesolvingcrimesoftheghostinthebasementorthemissingbookthatwasfound.
    However,myfavoritebooksareaboutcrimeinvestigatorssearchingforakidnappedkidoradult.
    Ilikereadinghowtheygothroughtheprocessofdecipheringcluestocatchtheperpetrator.Ive
    alwayswonderedwhypeople,inthefirstplace,gooutoftheirwayandkidnapsomeone.The
    effectsofpeoplebeingkidnappedisbeyondcompare.Theemotionalandphysicalturmoilthese
    individualsgothrougheffectsthemtremendously.Icouldn'timagewhatitwasliketogo
    throughthat.Thisbookhasreallyhelpedmetounderstandwhatcouldhappenwhenyouget
    kidnappedandthephysicalandemotionaleffectsithasontheperson.

    AStolenLife
    writtenbyJayceeDugardandpublishedin2011,isamemoiraboutalittle

    elevenyeargirlstragicexperienceofbeingkidnappedforeighteenyears.Juneof1991to
    August26,2006aninnocentgirlslifechangednotforthebetter.Thisbookisaveryemotional
    bookthatnoyoungchildshouldeverread,bygoingintodetailaboutwhatthekidnapperdidto
    Jayceeandtheemotionalandphysicalturmoilithadonher.
    AStolenLife
    includeshowshegot
    kidnapped,descriptionsofwhathappenedduringthoseeighteenyears,howshewasfinally

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    rescued,how/whatsheisdoingnowandthephysicalandemotionalchallengesthatcamewith
    herexperience.

    th
    OnJune10
    ,1991,JayceeDugardwasanordinarygirlgettingupforschool.Whenshe

    wokeupshewaswaitingforhermothertocomeintoherroomandgiveherakissbeforework,
    hermomreluctantlyforgotsoJayceegotoutofbedandgotreadyforschoollikesheusually
    does.Shegotdressed,atebreakfast,packedalunch,saidbyetohercat,andwalkedoutthedoor.
    AsJayceeiswalkingupahilltogotoherbusstop,acarpullsupbehindher.Inthebookshe
    describesthatHelean[ed]slightlyoutofthewindowsofastIbarleyregisterthathehas
    somethingblackinhishand.IhearacracklingsoundsandIfeelparalyzed(9).Shewas
    paralyzedbyastunguninthemiddleofthestreet,whereeveryonecouldsee.Ifsomeonewould
    haveseenit,wouldshestillwouldhavebeenkidnapped?Jayceewaspulledintothevan,and
    thatwasthelastdayineighteenyearsherparentshaveseenher.

    Ifyouthinkhowshegottakenwasbad,justwaittillyoulearnaboutwhathappentothis

    elevenyearoldgirlovertheyears.Hedoesnotlooklikeabadguy.Helookslikeanormalguy.
    Likeanyordinaryguyyouwouldseeineverydaylife.Butheisnot!(14).Phillip,her
    kidnapper,thentakesherintothebackyardofhishouseandputsherintoalittleshackthatshe
    willbelivingthere.Heonlygivesherfoodanddrinkonceaday,sherecallsthatHebecamemy
    entireworld.Idependedonhimforfood,water,mytoilet.Hewasmyonlysourceof
    amusement.IcravedhumancontactsomuchbythenthatIactuallylookedforwardtohim
    comingtoseemeitfeltlikehewasbestowingagifttomehispresence.(26).Shefeltlike
    thatuntiltheday,theguycameinarapedher.Jayceewasrapedmanytimesbythisguyand
    madeherdothingsthatisunimaginableforelevenyearoldgirlstodo.Easter1994,wastheday

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    sherealizedshewaspregnant.Mybabygirlcameintotheworldat4:35a.m.,August18,1994.
    Iamfourteenyearsoldandvery,veryscared(109),Jayceerecallsofthedayherfirstbabywas
    born.Shethengetspregnantfromthesameguyandhasasecondchild.Shenowhastwo
    childrenattheageofseventeenyearsoldnamedAandS.

    ThedaythatJayceewasfree,wasthedaythatwasthehardestforher.Phillipstook

    Jayceeandhertwochildrentothepolicestationtotalktohisparoleofficertostoptheir
    harassment.ShesaysthatshewassoattachedtoPhillipthatshewasgoingtolieforhim,tobe
    abletostaywithhimIwassoscared,andeventhoughIwassoclosetohavingmylifeback,I
    stillcouldnotcrashthroughthewallthathebuiltinsideofme(207).Jayceefinallygotallof
    thecourageandrealisminsideofherandtoldtheofficerherrealnameanddateofbirth.Phillip
    wasthensenttojailandshewasfinallyfreeaftereighteenyears.Jayceegottofinallyseeher
    momandsister,sherecognizedthemrightaway.Nowthatsheisfree,shecanbeamothertoher
    children,freetodrive,andfreetosaythatthisisherfamily.Shehasagreatpsychologistthat
    helpsherwithalloftheemotionalchallengessheisfacingandsheismeetingupwithold
    friends.Jayceestillhaschallengeskeepingherdaughterssafefromemotionalandphysicalabuse
    fromtheoutsideworld,howevertheyaregettingthroughit.Shestartedherownfoundation
    calledtheJAYCFoundationthathelpstornapartfamiliesandvictimsofabductionsand
    exploitations.Ihopetoencourageotherstoreachoutandhelpotherfamiliesandanimals,too.
    Itsthesimplethingsthatcount.JustAskYourselftoCare(JAYC)(268).

    Thisbookwasveryhardtoreademotionallybutitwasagreatreadformyinquiry

    question.Ithelpedmetorealizehowtragickidnappingscanbeandthephysicalandemotional
    changesithasonindividuals,especiallyyoungchildrenlikeJaycee.Ihopenobodyhastogo

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    throughtheexperiencethatthatelevenyearoldhadtogothrough.Shehadtohaveatremendous
    amountfaithandpushthrough.Thisbookhasreallyopenedmyeyesmoretotherealizationof
    kidnapping.

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