Ki Theze: victim

The parsha opens with  the conquering soldier, taking the desirable maiden home as a spoil of war.  The captive of the victor  is the victim. The Torah gives her rights. She should mourn her parents, she cannot be sold and  treated as a slave. Giving victims rights seems like a novelty, a new level of  compassion for the humbled, עִנִּיתָֽהּ. 

The two subsequent vignettes: the firstborn son of the hated wife  and the doomed, wayward  child are often taught as the result of this passion fueled marriage to the captive.  These problem children are the products of the captor's lust, he is now the victim of his own desires. 

The poor, victims of income inequality, are also given rights.  The poor are called ani עָנִי֙, related to the word used  to describe the interaction with the captive woman. The poor are the  humiliated, and deserve consideration for their plight.  The poor are related to the humble, and humility can lead to poverty in an overly competitive world.  

The parsha ends with the exhortation to remember the deeds of Amalek and to destroy that nation which humiliated the Israelites.  Revenge is the last, worst  refuge  of the victim