A Child Called “It” Research Paper Michelle Smythe cgilrichard@yahoo.com Tuesday EDUC 571 S. Rudinsky 10-9-2012 Research Paper 1 Child abuse. The words on its own sound horrific! According to the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) amended by the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003 (Childhelp.org October 2010)‚ it defines child abuse and neglect as‚ at the minimum the following: Any
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Book Report on “A child called “IT” A child called IT by Dave Pelzer Daly City‚ California 1960’s-1970 The main characters were the mother‚ Dave‚ the father and the teachers who helped him get out of this trap. The mother was the meanest out of all of them she was the main culprit. The rest were quite serious. The mother and Dave were described in details and there were only a few details about the father and the teachers. The found Dave the most interesting‚ most sympathetic character as he went
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Name___________________ Date ___________________ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer Review Worksheet Chapter 2- Good Times Part one: Character Identification: Describe who the characters are and what relationship they share with the main character. 1. Stephen Joseph = He was David’s father. He was a fireman and stood about 5’10 and weighed about 190 pounds. He had broad shoulders and forearms that would
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Ciara Sanders Mrs Porter English 10 – Period 3 21 March 2013 A Child Called "It" is an autobiography written by Dave Pelzer‚ it is about his extreme mental and physical abuse as a kid. His abuse begun around the age of 4‚ but he didn’t get out of his torture until the age of twelve. In the book he tells us multiple‚ terrifying stories from his childhood. He tells about how his mom changed from a caring‚ warm mother into an abusive‚ cold-hearted
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In the memoir “A Child Called It”‚ the author Dave Pelzer’s use of imagery and diction are constantly seen in order to portray the books main ideas. Pelzer tells of his childhood and living with an alcoholic abusive mother. Pelzer enables the reader to create a vivid yet disturbing picture in your head when he tells of the ways his mother would torture him. In Chapter 4 Pelzer’s use of diction and imagery is shown when he writes “A warm sensation oozed from my nostrils. I tried to stop the blood
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restaurants‚ and rides for kids and adults. If you decide to take a day to visit Disneyland you will be able to do this‚ and plenty more. There are amazing things in this wonderful amusement park. As you pass the ticket gate‚ you will see a large street called Main Street USA. The street looks like an old American town. As you’re walking down you hear soft classical music playing and sounds that make you feel happy as carriages are being pulled by beautiful horses. At the end of Main Street there will be
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today we fail to address several issues that need to be addressed. Unfortunately‚ child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with‚ yet we neglect to bring this to the attention of the entire nation. It is often over looked because everyone has a different view of what exactly defines child abuse. The International Child Abuse Network (ICAN) uses four basis catigories to docunment the child abuse cases. They are: emotional abuse‚ neglect‚ physical abuse‚ and sexual abuse
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audience’s head. Simulates thought in audience. Explain what you mean by valued. David Williamson’s play‚ The Removalists‚ confronts the negative issues of society circa 1970’s‚ which remains relevant to David Pelzer’s novella circa 2000’s‚ A Child Called It. Both texts value the clear universal issues still prevalent in contemporary society today including the abuse of power exerted by domination over an individual‚ the occurrence of domestic violence in a family environment and the indifference
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Recommendation The book I read throughout the semester was‚ A child called it ‚ by Dave Pelzer. I would recommend‚ A child called it‚ because it: It focuses on an abused child’s ability to endure physical and emotional abuse. Dave was tortured by his alcoholic mother. Beginning at a very young age‚ he received physical and also emotional abuse. From age 3-12‚ Dave was treated like an animal. He was forced to sleep in the basement. Many times‚ his mother starved him. When he was able
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