Dave Pelzer

just pictures drawn on a cave wall. Literature is what gives us knowledge of what went on ages and ages ago. The two novels I chose to read for this project are A Child Called “It” and The Catcher in the Rye. A Child Called “It” was written by Dave Pelzer in 1995, only 20 years ago, but is set back in the early 1970’s, about forty years ago. It…

David Pelzer was the main character and author of the book he was a boy that struggled most of his young adolescent to overcome his past abuse. His main straight though out the whole book is his resilient and his ability to love. David was determined once he set his mind to something and not much would change him once he decided to do something. When David was not guarding his hart he was able to truly care and love people and most found him easy to love as well. Mr. Pelzer was David’s father…

A Child Called It is a 184 page book by David Pelzer. A Child Called It told about David's life as an abused and neglected child, and his the pain and suffering he experienced. At the beginning of David's childhood his Family was great. His mother was a very caring mother. She would take David and his brothers to places around San Francisco. On those trips they would get food that other countries would eat, and have a feast from that countries. David loved when she cooked, because when she cook…

survive and this book is a biography written by the same boy who was beaten in his own house and not even treated like a human being or a member of his own family this book was about 189 pages. The main character of this story is a boy named David Pelzer and he is a sweet, young and caring boy and his mother started to beat him and torture him in many ways for no reason at all. His mother is an alcoholic who fought with his dad on a regular basis especially when she’s drunk. HIs father always…

This Book can be Summarized in a few ways, depending on your perspective. To me, this is a story of a boy learning the balance between friendship and family, the life lesson of knowing when its play time and when it’s time to listen. The boy gets punished after an unwelcomed comment made to his mother, and is sent to his room. In his room he escapes into his imagination. His room turns into a forest, and he takes a trip to a monster filled island, and becomes King. Eventually, after playing to…

“A Child Called It” Book Review For my review, I am focusing on a book called A Child Called It by David Pelzer. I chose this book because while I was reading it, it spoke to me on many levels and made me feel more content with my childhood growing up. Pelzer is a strong person that writes about his horrific childhood living under his mother's roof and what he had to do to survive. Through this review, we will be looking at where it took place, writing style, characters, and the plot of the…

Personal Response I thought Child Called It was a hard book to read. The book was not hard with the wording, the hard part of the book was the storyline. I believe no child should have to go through the life David had. The sad thing is things like that still happen. When David was dealing with his mother, and is father could see is pain. He did not do anything to help him. Plot Child Called It starts with David getting away. He is in the office and the nurse and principal talked to him. He…

Emotional, compassionate and shocking book has caught many attentions. Dave Pelzer, which is the main character in the book, describes many tragic and traumatizing "punishments" he had gone through because of his mother. He was starved, beaten and was just plain tortured by her. Going to school seem like a get away from home and her. So stealing food just to have a full stomach for the day seemed like a good idea until kids found out.Being the one with the same clothes for the whole year and not…

children every day to child abuse and neglect.” Dave Pelzer, an American author and the main character…

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer 1. Title: A Child Called It. Published: 1995. Summary: A child name Dave Pelzer who his abusive mother refers to as it. He was hit, beaten, starved and torture by his mom for years. His whole family (dad, and brothers) all was aware it was happening. His mother wouldn’t let him eat for weeks at a time. To the point he had to sneak scrapes from the trash. His mother found out he was doing this and poured ammonia in the trash so he couldn’t eat. After years of…