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Brittany Moore Mrs.Laurencot Non-fiction assignement brittanytaylor

. There are many different oppinions on the book __A Child Called It..__Although I strongly believe that many people will agree in saying that the way David was treated in the book a child called it, was absolutely appalling. In today's society many children are treated very poorly, and just like in the book there are peers, teachers, other adults, and administration that will step up and take a stand in saying that the way they are being treated is not at all right. In some earlier cases, that date back a really long time ago, people thought that they should not get involved in home life, but today is definitely a much different story. This book is one of the most popular books around, because of its amazing and shocking history. There is so much child abuse in today's society, but this one is beyond the cruelest of abuse. In every case of child abuse, sometimes there is physical abuse, and sometimes there is mental and emotional child abuse. in this book though there was physical, emotional and mental abuse. Dave Pelzer's mom treated him like he was nothing, meant nothing, and didn't belong. Although David had a couple other brothers, they were not treated in the same manor that he was treated. His brothers would get special treatment over him, as if they were more important. That would include eating full meals, and not given a list of over excessive chores. In my opinion I think that someone should have stepped up earlier. I do understand that many people were looking out for him and trying to help him, but there were many signs of abuse before he was actually saved from his mother. In the book, David's mother would make David lie about his bruises and say make up various different stories to cover them up, like they were nothing. In one case she yells out the car window as she dropped him off at school "Tell 'em…Tell 'em that you ran into a door!" (Page 5). This quote stood out to me the most because right after she was done yelling at him, she used a very soft and loving voice to say have a nice day. The way she changed up her act every minute must have been very confusing for David as a young child, he knew it was a horrible way to live, but the love that his mother very rarely showed him was enough for him to bare the pain. I'm amazed that this little boy was able to withstand the abuse he did. Davids mother played many mind games with him, but after a while he learned how to play the game,and he was better at it than anyone. The way she knew how to abuse him in creative ways was completely sick,and she did it in a sly and tricky kind of way,which was playing a game with his head. On the back of the book there is a passage that states how david said he had to learn to survive his mothers games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy,but an it. If i was in his situation i would have abslolutely been afraid to tell,because the bond a mother and her daughter or son has is very special,so i dont think that anyone would want to jeporadize that, especially when all your life all you've known is your mothers ways,like in davids case. It is definitely amazing to me, that these days, surrounding people take notice to signs of child abuse really easily,and how much they care,this has shown how much society has grown. In one case david tells readers " Mother's favorite game seemed to be dishwashing soap. She would squeeze the cheap pink liquid down my throat and command that i stand in the garage" (page 77) to me, that is very disturbing,because you have to wonder what kind of parent would intentianally contaminate there child with chemicals,and soap. In my oppinion every kid in society today should read this book. The reason I believe this is because of the selfishness, and overeacting that happens today. Teenagers today freak out,and tell their parents they hate them,because they took there cell phone away. Imagine if you had to wake up every day knowing that you had a mother who dispised you,and would do anything in her power to hurt you.