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    The main characters were a little boy in fifth grade named David who was a child that was abused since he was in about second grade. This story started to take place on March 5‚ 1973 in Dale City‚ California. It further continued on as the main character gets older. There’s a little boy named David that gets beaten daily. His father is a fireman so he’s always gone. David’s mother had two other sons and treats them good. Then there’s David. The mother treats him like nothing. She rarely ever feeds

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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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    A Child called “It” When I read the book “The child called it”‚ for a second I thought that it was a make believe story. It’s really sad to see that these stories are real and they happen day by day in this world. The story of David Pelzer was a story that touched my heart because when you are a little boy the number one thing that you really want is someone to give you love and a place to call home‚ David Pelzer had an awful childhood‚ he grew up with so much pain. I believe he decided to write

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    be “ A Child Called It”. This is considered to be an autobiography. Autobiographies tells the audience about a person life. The audience who go to these films expect to see events from the main characters’ past.

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    Name___________________ Date ___________________ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer Review Worksheet Chapter 1- The Rescue Part one: Character Identification: Describe who the characters are and what relationship they share with the main character. 1. Dave =________________ __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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    A child called it book report Title: A child called “it”. Pages read: 180 Author: David Pelzer Pages in book: 180 1. David Pelzer is the author of this autobiography. David suffers severe child abuse at the hands of Mother. He overcomes remarkable odds and survives unthinkable torture. Catherine Roerva Pelzer - David’s mother. A complete alcoholic and always punishes David for being a ‘bad boy’. Stephan Joseph Pelzer - David’s

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    A Child Called ’It’ David J. Pelzer’s mother‚ Catherine Roerva‚ was‚ he writes in this ghastly‚ fascinating memoir‚ a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care‚ and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David‚ whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief‚ horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him‚ told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved‚ stabbed‚ smashed face-first into mirrors‚ forced to eat the contents of his sibling’s

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    Dave Pelzer: A Child Called “It” Dave Pelzer was a boy that grew up in the 1970’s and survived a childhood of physical‚ mental‚ and emotional abuse to share his story. I decided to do a personality critique on Dave Pelzer because I thought it would be interesting to analyze how abuse can shape the personality of an individual. Dave Pelzer grew up in Daly City‚ California and was the second born child of five boys. By the time he started school at Thomas Edison Elementary School‚ he realized he

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    A symbol is defined as an occurring object that stands for something. In “A Child Called It” By David Pelzer‚ many symbols are shown throughout the book. The symbols used in the book are things that David’s mother used to hurt him physically and mentally‚ but the biggest symbol of all was food‚ and how it symbolizes David’s reward from his mother. Food was one of David’s main priorities in his childhood because of the lack of food he was given. David would have to get all of his chores done fast

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