Summary Of A Child Called It By Dave Pelzer
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David: He is the main/protagonist character. He was abused by his mom starting at age 4. He stayed strong so his mom wouldn’t see he had been defeated. “Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.” (1, David) He stopped believing that there was a God. “No just God would leave me like this.” (2, David)
Catherine Roe: She is David’s mom. She called David an “It” and abused him. She is the antagonist character. “Get one thing straight, you little son of a bitch! There is nothing you can do to impress me! Do you understand me? You are a nobody! An it! You are nonexistent! You are a bastard child! I hate
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David’s family was known as The Brady Bunch of the 1960’s. David was blessed with a nice home and great parents who loved and cared for him. “My two brothers and I were blessed with the perfect parents. Our every whim was fulfilled with love and care.” (5, David) His dad, Stephen, was a fireman who supported his family. His mom, Catherine, was a housewife who loved her children. Ronald, Stan and David are brothers who are the best of friends. Sadly Stephen left the family and Him and Catherine got divorced. He was David’s only chance of being rescued. “You are all mine now. Too bad your father’s not here to protect you.” (6, Catherine) Their house was always clean and full of pets. David was a happy four year old child when he started to be abused which escalated to physical abuse. Catherine tortured David by forcing him to swallow chemicals or soak in a bath of freezing water for hours and making him do large amounts of chores. Cleaning the bathroom was referred to as the gas chamber because he had to be locked in the bathroom with many cleaning chemicals. “Of all Mother’s punishments, I hated the gas chamber game the most.” (7, David) She starved David but his dad Stephen would always sneak him scraps of food. As the abuse started to get worse, Stephen started to stay at work longer to be away from home. The abuse only got worse once that …show more content…
When David would go to school he would be safe from his mother but they started to become suspicious of what was happening because he would steal food from other kids’ lunch boxes or the grocery store. He also had many bruises and wounds. The school
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