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In the book, A Child Called It, David Pelzer writes of his survival of the third worst case of child-abuse in Californias history. ... While he couldnt make the abuse stop he learned how to manipulate his mothers behavior enough to keep the immediate situation from getting even more ugly. ... This was the Sixties and people didnt discuss things like mental illness and child abuse. ... Initially, she would slap him, smash his face into the mirror and make him repeat, "Im a bad boy! ... Many of her "punishments" are too sickening to describe in the space available here, and to do so would destroy much of the emotional impact of the book
The second thing that Pelzer accomplishes is that he puts a face on child abuse. ...
In the book, A Child Called It, Dave describes incidents where people had an opportunity to stop his abuse, but show to ignore it. ... Eventually, the father left the family, allowing his wife to abuse him without a trace of intervention.
Approximate Word count = 836
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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