... 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 ... ...

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... . Every ounce of tiredness my body once had, had vanished. Before the plane had reached the runway, my heart was reaching out to Dave Pelzer, who was sharing his unbelievable life story of abuse and survival with his book, A Child Called It. Mr. Pelzer's book gripped my heart and mind to a point that I never thought a book could. I immediately went on to read the rest of his ... mesmerizing trilogy, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave. Once his tragic, yet inspiring autobiography came to an end, questions in my mind had just ... begun. What triggers child abuse? Why do so many cases fall ...

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