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Submitted by october on March 20, 2006
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A Child Called "It" David's Fortitude and Will to Move Forward
Kristen N. Cheatwood
Padua Academy
American society often fails to address important issues that are prevalent and extremely significant amongst everyday conditions. Child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with, yet is often neglected and hence not adequately researched or documented. It has been proven that in such cases when abuse is not addressed, several disturbing consequences result; from minor cases becoming extreme to even fatality. Bringing this to the attention of the entire nation is extremely important and could quite possibly be beneficial to the lives of many children who continue to suffer everyday. David Pelzer, an acclaimed author and survivor wrote A Child Called "It" as an account of the abuse he endured and its severity. The story is about Dave who, in order to survive, must triumph over the physical, emotional, and medical abuse created by his mother.
In the initial parts of the book, David's family instances were almost like non other, he described his family as "The Brady Bunch of the 1960s. My two brothers and I were blessed with the perfect parents," (Pelzer 17). They would go on family vacations, play games, and go on daily outings that they all enjoyed. All of this lasted for quite some time, and it was to everyone's surprise when Dave's mother took a drastic and abrupt change for the worse. Her behavior became unusual and her drinking increased heavily. She became easily frustrated, and it seemed that her biggest source of frustration was Dave, who to her, seemed to be the loudest and wildest of the children thus, beginning Dave's unquestionable and inhuman nightmare. The story explains Dave's struggle to stay alive in a home where he is treated worse than an animal or a slave. Mother found any excuse to punish Dave, while favoring her other children and as the book progressed, her punishments...
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