A child called It

  Pelzer’s child life, he was abused by his mother as he was growing up. When I first picked this book in the library I knew it would be a book that would interest me. I had heard of it before I got it and every since than I wanted to read it, so I got it and read it. It started off good just like any childhoods life. He went to school every day and had many friends. He had a loving, caring family that he could come home to. A room, a bed, clothes etc.

As the book goes on later on in his life he starts feeling like nobody loves him. His mom starts abusing him and he no longer knows the loving, caring mom that he did. She brainwashes him and tells him she loves him eventually she tells him she hates him and that she wishes he was dead. His brothers begin to grow up hating him and as some of his punishments they were allowed to hit him and kick him. He would get punished for stealing food from other students at his school when his mom never even gave him food. His punishment would be no dinner or breakfast.

Every night he would have to sleep in the garage and when he did have the privilege to go inside for any reason he wasn’t allowed to look or talk to anyone including his dad. When he went to school he had to wear the same dirty, smelly clothes every day that had holes and stains on them. When he was asked by a teacher or nurse what was going on at home he would lie and if they were to catch him lying or he would eventually give in and say the truth, they would call his mom and talk to her about it. After they would talk to her about it Dave Pelzer “A Child Called It” knew what was coming when he went home. He was punished. Dave Pelzer’s mom was an alcoholic and when she would abuse him with what she called her "games" and Dave had to learn how to play her games. She didn’t consider him her son at all to her he was a slave. He wasn’t even a boy he was an "it”.

His only hope was his dad he had gave up on everything else. He would pray to God and hope for the best but nothing he prayed and hoped for would come true. His mom got to the point where she made the father tired of it. His dad was the one to comfort him and tell him that everything’s going to be ok telling him that he wasn’t going to suffer for long.

Towards the end of the book the father finally leaves and Dave is scared because he has nobody to protect him anymore.