Behind Closed Door Analysis

Behind Closed Doors Abuse is everywhere. Behind closed doors are some of the worse things known to mankind. David James Pelzer was just a normal child, who lived in a normal neighborhood, but not a so normal house. The author says “what you have just read is a story of an ordinary family that was devastated by their hidden secret.” In the story “A Child Called It”, by David Pelzer, the setting is in Daly City, California. David’s mother, Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer, was the most known lady on the block. She was kind hearted, loving, and caring to everyone- except her son, David. The first years of David’s life were the best he had ever received, until he turned four years old.
Four years into his life, Catherine began to make him do chores around the house, and if they weren't done fast enough or well enough, he was beaten. When the author describes the horrors of his childhood home he uses great description and word choices to get the story across. For example, in the story David says “it became so bad at times, I had not strength to
When Stephen found out that Catherine was abusing their son, he tried to talk her out of it. At this point, there was no point of return to go back to “good Catherine”; she was long gone and no longer the caring mother that David knew growing up. Stephen could no longer stand seeing David in such condition; therefore, he moved out. The abuse got worse after he left. I think that this move played by the father was low. My opinion is that if you know something is going wrong in your household, you should put an end to it. At one point, she stabbed him. Eventually the abuse was becoming visible to other people. Once in fifth grade, his teacher was noticing marks on his body, scars, and how unhealthy he looked. She reported it to the administration who investigated it more, subsequently, finding out the david was in an abusive