A Child Called It And The Lost Boy Analysis

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Exploring the Personal Response within the book “A Child Called “It” and The Lost boy”, Dave Pelzer has connected certain quotes in this book that relates to me. A quote that resonates within me as a person is on page 78 in quote, “I wanted The Bitch to know I didn’t care anymore. As my attitude began to change, I became more and more rebellious.” After being hurt, kicked down, treated like nothing from someone deeply all the time a person will automatically change. Once in my life, there was this special person, who I don’t call mine anymore now. That person would bust me down constantly, torture me to where I would turn mute on for days. The sad part is, is that I would never do anything to hurt them back because I could not do to them what

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