A child called it discussion

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer, is a very sad and touching story. He is one of my role models because no matter how bad his family treats him he still manages to persevere. This book shows us the horrors of alcohol addiction. It pretty much shows all the struggles he had to endure from his alcoholic,psycho mother. She used to starve him,hit him,and play these sick games with him. She would always get bored and find new ways to torture him. She would mostly read them in the newspaper,for example she used mix Clorox and ammonia in a bucket and put Dave and the bucket in the bathroom,it was basically a gas chamber. One time she almost made him sit on top of a burning stove,but he managed to escape doing that because he knew his brother was coming home in a few so he made some time by defying his mother . That’s another reason why he is my role model because he always came up with plans to keep himself alive. When he was hungry,he would steal or take extra lunches or go home to home and lie that he lost his lunch. The thing I didn’t understand was the fact that he still managed to love his mother and that he didn’t want to tell the cops or teachers about her abuse because he wanted to protect her.

In the discussion,we talked about how his dad was a coward and didn’t take a stand for his own son. At the beginning of his mothers abuse,his dad would have arguments with her and would secretly feed him,but all of a sudden his mom dominated his dad. His dad would feed him false hope like telling him that they would soon leave and live happier lives,that’s just messed up! I’m not saying its all his dad’s fault but he could have taken him away or reported her. We also talked about why didn’t the people at school report this. He used to come to school with various visible bruises and his hygiene lacked. If I were a teacher, I would have reported it to the cops not the parents and try my best to nurse him back. Another thing we talked about was,why didn’t Dave tell anyone so he could be free,why did he want to protect his mother? I think he didn’t tell because he was just a kid and when your a kid you love your mother no matter what and you still have hope.

Overall,I think the book is good and there is plenty of good discussions to go along with it, I like this book a lot. I like this book because it truly brings out the emotions out of you and shows whether you have a heart or not.