Book Report On A Child Called It

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“A Child Called It” The Book “A Child Called It” ,tells us about Dave Pelzer’s early days, from his birth until his thirteenth year when he was rescued. In the book Dave describes these happy days with situations like when they go away fishing, have picnics in the park and stories about their Christmases which, according to Dave, was fantastic. But life tears the family apart. The father, who is a fireman, works a lot and spends less time with the family. The mother starts drinking and it’s now Dave’s hell begins. Following the drinking the mother becomes very aggressive and hostile. She announces Dave as the family’s source to unhappiness and punishes him. At first Dave’s brothers tries to protect their brother which results in more punishments both for Dave and the brothers so they stop with this. By time the mother teaches the brothers to hate Dave. The only family member who shows Dave some kind of respect and love is the father but he doesn’t spend very much time home.…show more content…
He is now the family’s slave. He is no longer seen as the boy Dave, he’s just the “It”. The “It” lives in the basement on a blanket. He’s only outside the house when he’s in school. The rest of the time he has to finish all of the mother’s chores otherwise he gets punishments. The mother starves him, plays sick “games” with him and tortures him both mentally and physically. In school he’s being mobbed. He got the same clothes everyday and starts to smell. He doesn’t get any lunch from home and begins to steal from his classmates for survival. Everybody sees him as the

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