Was He The Slave Or The Son?

Author’s Note: The book Child Called It is based on a true story by Dave Pelzer, is about a young boy who would get abused by his mother for every mistake he would commit. And I will compare this story to real life and also what this story reminds me of. 

The story The Child Called It by Dave Pelzer is about a young boy named Dave, who would get a abused by his mother for every little mistake he would make. Dave would not eat for days and wouldn’t get any proper sleep and even worse he never experienced how it feels to have a mother love you. This book is based off a true story and this story relates to many people around the world that has experienced the same pain Dave went  through during his childhood..

Many kids around the world experienced  similar things to what Dave had to go through. Dave’s mom treated him more like a slave than a son. For example, when Dave would be in the kitchen doing the dished and took a little break and his mom found out that he stopped for a little bit his mom would keep hitting him until he started it again. Also,  Dave got punished when he would he would try to steal food from the store because his mom would never feed him food because he was always bad, but if he was good the only food he would receive were the  left overs . Dave’s mom had him sleep on a old wood floor with no blanket he wouldn't get any proper sleep in days.

Even though Dave was just a little kid, he got treated by his mother the way that people would treat their slaves. There’re slavery that still goes on around today too. Just like Dave, slaves were forced to do certain task that would be painful and not flattering to them. If they would try to do something sneaky they would get punished for it. Also, slaves would have to sleep in one small shack with no beds or furniture.

Not only does this book remind me of slaves , but also, the teenagers even today who get bullied and beat up all the time. Since Dave couldn’t tell anyone how he would get all these bruises and scratches his body it’s just how teenagers  are today and how they don’t feel comfortable to talking to anyone about what they are going through and feel like they are all alone. Some days Dave thought he would be gone someday and was just wanted  to get it over with it. Even with the teenagers today they just want to finish their life by doing something horrible to them so they won’t go through any bullying or hate they receive.

 Dave was just a little kid when he experienced all of this and this is  about the same troubles slaves have gone through during the 1800. Not only did he get pain physically but even emotionally too, he never understood the feeling of having a mother love you. Therefore,  he had to do some crazy things in order to survive or something to get rid of some of the pain he would get.Just like all of those other people had to do who has been in similar situations like Dave.