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Kaela Bohara Mrs. Laurencot Nonfiction Essay Assignment Kae The book I chose to read was __A Child Called It__ by Dave Pelzer and I feel the David Pelzer chose to write about this book to bring awareness to child abuse. I believe that that Dave Pelzer chose to write about child abuse because many children are getting abused and most people aren't even aware of it and he knows firsthand what abuse feels like and the effects it has on children. After reading the quote "As a child living in a dark world, I feared for my life and thought I was alone. As an adult I know now that I was not alone. There were thousands of other abused children." (Page 161) I believe Dave Pelzer also wants people to read it who were abused to know that they aren't alone. I believe this book can teach to society that you should acknowledge if a child looks like they are being abused whether it is emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. I feel that people aren’t doing enough to help the unfortunate children/teens/adults that are getting abused. So if people read this book they might find out what some warning signs are and help the victim of abuse to speak up and get some help and get away from the abusers. I feel this teaches society that many bad things do happen and you can help or you can just stand by. Because in the book many of his teachers would think something was wrong and all they would do is ask and he would deny it. But they could have done more and let David open up to them and help him but they didn't have enough courage to. After reading this story it made me evaluate what I have and how thankful I am to have a grandmother that loves me, nourishes me, supplies me with the things I need and gives me many opportunities to do what I want I'm also glad she lets me be a teenager and lets me make mistakes and learn from them because David's mom wouldn’t do those things for him. In the story David says that his mom used food as her weapon and would make him eat horrendous stuff like the scraps of the leftover food and then to make sure David wasn't stealing lunch she would make him puke out the contents of his stomach and If there were traces of food she would make him swallow what he already had to puke out. David's mom would also make him eat amononia and sometimes bleach if there was food in his stomach as punishment and I know I wouldn't be able to live through that. And sadly, his brothers and his father wouldn’t help him they just let it happen. I feel grateful that my grandmother gives me the food I want and lets me eat whenever I want. I'm also glad I have caring friends and family who wouldn't let me be around someone who is abusing me.