Dave Pelzer was born on December 29‚ 1960 in Daly City‚ California. He is the son of Stephen Pelzer‚ who was of Austrian and Irish descent‚ and Catherine Pelzer. Dave Pelzer was the second of five boys in the family. He has experienced a truly horrific lifestyle. As a child‚ he endured the horrors of child abuse‚ this included physical torture‚ mental cruelty‚ and was nearly starved to death. His mother referred to him as “it”‚ he was the only child that was abused. The rest of his brothers lived
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A Child Called “It”‚ by Dave Pelzer‚ is a first person narrative of a child’s struggle through a traumatic abused childhood. The book begins with Dave telling us about his last day at his Mother’s house before he was taken away by law enforcement. At first I could not understand why he had started at the end of his tale‚ but after reading the entire book it was clear to me that it was easier to read it knowing there indeed was a light at the end of the dark tunnel. This horrific account of extreme
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Name: Bria Brazier Course: ACAC 0321 Reading I Date: November 13‚ 2011 Book Report Title: A Child Called “It” Author: Dave Pelzer Publisher and Year: Health Communications‚ Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street Deerfield Beach‚ Florida 33442-8190 A child called it takes place in Daly City‚ California March 5th‚ 1973. It takes place in the Early 70’s where David’s parents seemed to not really care about him and how he looked and if he was taken care of properly. During this time his father
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“A Child Called ‘It’” is a non-fictional novel written by a survivor and activist of child abuse‚ Dave Pelzer. Among Pelzer’s many works of several autobiographies and self-help books‚ this novel is the most popular. “A Child Called ‘It’” was published in 1995 by ¬¬¬HCI and has won two literary awards: West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2005)‚ Abraham Lincoln Award (2005) (Good Reads). What makes people want to read “A Child Called ‘It’” is that it is a primary
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A Child Called “It” by David Pelzer is his own autobiography of his life as a child being abused by his alcoholic mother‚ Catherine Roerva Pelzer‚ who isolates him from the family‚ then abuses him‚ and nearly killed him through starvation‚ poisoning‚ and once stabbing him. Since Mother starved him for days‚ he began to steal food in order to survive‚ and when she finds out he has stolen food‚ she abuses him with her own “games”. Dave reflects on the “good times” in his childhood‚ because Mother was
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Research Assignment The Lost Boy December 5‚ 2012 PSY 238 The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer is a story that reveals the pain‚ challenges‚ and anxiety of a child who has been rescued from his worst nightmare. The second novel to memorable and haunting trilogy‚ the book describes Pelzer’s experiences through his bewildering adolescent years in the foster care system. The reader follows Pelzer on a journey in search for self-discovery and the one thing he has ever had the privilege of feeling:
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Book written by Dave Pelzer This book report is based on the book A Child Called It‚ Written by Dave Pelzer. This paperback edition was published in 2000 by Orion Books Ltd‚ and is copyrighted 1995 by Dave Pelzer. The book A Child Called It was written by Dave Pelzer. Dave Pelzer is famous for his books about his life The Lost Boy‚ A Man Named Dave‚ My story and A Child Called It. Dave has worked hard to overcome the obstacles of his childhood to become a better and productive person of society
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novel. Child abuse is such an important issue that needs to be spoken about‚ and that is just what this author did. The author of this novel‚ Dave Pelzer describes his own cruel life that he was subjected to from such an early age. It becomes obvious‚ very quick into the reading‚ that the author certainly went through great trauma. The visual imagery Pelzer shares‚ such as being forced to eat his own vomit‚ swallow soap‚ surviving in a “gas chamber‚” as well having his baby brothers dirty diaper smudged
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A Man Named Dave‚ by Dave Pelzer is the story of hope and eventual love and how a child called “It” finally found himself as a man free at last‚ after early childhood experiences as the son of a brutal‚ alcoholic mother. When his father is dying of cancer‚ Dave attempts to reestablish contact with him‚ he spends innumerable hours with his father‚ trying to disentangle in his mind the broken family relationships. Much later‚ after his mother’s death‚ Dave realizes that his mother’s maniac actions
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A Child Called It is a true story written by Dave Pelzer. It’s about the horrifying abuse he went through as a child‚ written in his child perspective. This novel expressed the desperation Dave felt in his adolescent‚ and the violence that was inflicted upon him. This is along with his constant battle with hunger and starvation caused by his mother. Pelzer made this book powerful by his use of tone‚ imagery and motifs in which he exhibited throughout the novel. This allowed the readers to really
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