Ned Kelly Debate: Victim

Ned Kelly debate: victim

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Good morning, thank you for the opportunity to let me debate and talk about why I believe the famous bushranger Ned Kelly is supposed to be a victim. What do you think Ned Kelly is?

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Ned Kelly was a man of a poor, unwealthy and unstable family. He grew up with his eight siblings and a widowed mother as his father died when Ned was just twelve. Throughout his life Ned has faced some challenges, leading many people to deem him to be a Victim.

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Throughout Ned’s childhood and early adult years the police had a lot of accusations that the Kelly family was “horse thieves.” The police would blame and accuse the family of every crime that happened in town, this resulted in them being hated by the public and to some considered outlaws. Even for some of the crimes they were accused of they wound up in jail, these claims leaded to anger in the Kelly family resulting in some of the most iconic Kelly incidents proving them to be victims.

Another incident proving Ned to most certainly be a victim is after Ned’s death. When Ned was hanged in the old Melbourne gaol, his body was recovered after death, his body was tampered with and pulled apart to be used for science experiments, one of the most outrages things about this is when his skull was used to hold down papers and since then his skull has never been recovered. Overall, Ned’s body was mistreated and disrespected, another clear point of how he was a victim even after his