According to the anonymous critic, “In Literature, evil triumphs but never conquers.” In other words, evil can take over a person for a period of time and have its fun but it won’t ever succeed in the end. This idea is clearly evident as illustrated in A Child Called “IT” by Dave Pelzer.

In Dave Pelzer’s A Child Called “IT”, the mother’s behavior illustrates the truth of the critic’s statement. The protagonist, Dave Pelzer, struggles with his mother, Catherine Roerva, and her antagonizing habit of constantly beating him. Through the author’s use of imagery, the reader is able to feel the hardships of the child and experience how the critic’s statement comes to life through each page of the book. Although the abuse from his mother breaks him down, Dave makes a promise to himself that he would not let her evil ways manipulate him to lose faith in who he is and who he could be. He states, “Her words had no effect on me”(86). Showing his strength in his ability of not letting her evil words get the best of him, he keeps his head held high and tries his best to never lo

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