| In David Pelzer's book, "A Child Called 'It'", David is in a constant struggle to stay alive. His alcholic, sick, abusive mother played "games" with him that were so severe, young David was in constant fear of his life. She beat him, starved him to nearly death, and stopped calling him by his name, instead she would refer to him as "it" or "the boy". Although David was young, he had to think like an adult in order to survive his mother's severe abuse and rage. The extent of the "games" were so severe that David never knew if his mother was going to kill him, this time, or not. Finally after years of struggle to stay alive, a teacher and principal at David's school risked their jobs by telling a police officer about David's bruises, scars, and other visible marks of abuse. David was finally told what he wanted to hear, "She will never hurt you again." | ||
|
Plot & Themes Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - parental abuse Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () United States Yes The US: - California Century: - 1960's-1970's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - very happy If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
||