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A Survivor’s Story It is physical: punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, and shaking. It is sexual: fondling, intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exploitation, and exhibitionism. It is emotional: bizarre forms of punishment, belittling, confining. It is neglect: refusal or delay of proper health care, abandonment, inadequate supervision, allowance of chronic truancy, failure to enroll in school, domestic violence in the presence of, permitting drug or alcohol use to take place. There is only one term that can truly give this type of action proper justice. It is abuse. Three of these four defining types of abuse were displayed in abundance in the third worst case of child abuse in California. The child that experienced these events vividly retells all that transpired. In the book A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer digs deep within his soul to grasp the heartbreaking stories of his early childhood, a childhood that cannot even be dreamt of in a person’s worst nightmare. Pelzer’s experiences are told through the eyes and mind of a child, the only way to truly capture the appalling intensity and effect abuse has on a human spirit. Instead of introducing his story with the death defying acts he endured, Pelzer begins with the end, or in his case, the beginning of the rest of his life. He entitles the event credited for saving his life “The Rescue”. It is detrimental that Pelzer begin his story here. Knowing that there is an end to the suffering Dave bears allows one to make it through some of the more difficult passages recollected. At the conclusion of the book, most are amazed and grateful that Pelzer survived and carried himself long enough to ultimately be rescued. Dave’s childhood wasn’t always a life that evoked people to hurt, hate, or cringe. He described the early years before he was abused as the “Brady Bunch” years. He was the third born of four boys in the Pelzer family and had no doubt that he had been blessed will perfect parents. His father was a firefighter and his mother a homemaker. He never doubted their love. His early childhood days were complete with exotic meals that his mother fancied, family picnics, outrageous holiday celebrations, and the most envious family outings. Downtown San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, and Chinatown were among Dave’s favorites.
Approximate Word count = 1527
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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