Monthly Review

The book I have read is called A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. It is a sad book because there are lots of punishment where David get hits or beaten up by his mom. His mom is really nice to the other sons than to David because he is the oldest son in the family. David has to clean dishes and follows his mom directions. If he does not follow what his mother say, then he would get punish by his mom. It is really bad of how his mom hits her own son by using her own hands. Well, sometimes she would use something to hit David anywhere. Even though if David cry, his mom would not care about it. When his mom get mad, he always put anger on David. I think it is not fair for David to take all the blame for his mom. His mom should accept the facts that she does wrong. She always make David starve like for a few days without any food at all. It is so terrible to see David like that.

Well, this book is for teenagers and young adults because of the story. I think the book is for teenagers because it tells you how the kid have to do so much chores at home while the other kids don't have to. I can tell by the book because the words in it are really harsh. So I would recommend the book for mature people. Little kids can't handle all of the things that David did in the book. But teenagers and young adults can handle it because of the punishment. Teenagers would think that the book is sad because of how his mother torture him for mot finishing all the chores in time. Also teenagers will probably agree that David's mom is so aggressive to his own son by making him do the chores. And if he does not finished up the chores, his mom will not let him eat anything but let him starve. Some people will get emotional of this book because of the kid. I would get emotional because in the middle of the book is horrible for David. If the kids read the book, I think it would scare them because of how harsh his mother is. Also I don't think the book is for little kids to read it. If they read it, then they would think that they have to do those chores at home too. Little kids can not handle things like David. David is the person that can really stand his mom for doing all those things to him.

I would describe the author's writing by saying that everything flow. The author's writing is like he's writing about his own life and experience. I think he was the child in the book before. If it is, i will feel so bad that it had happened to him. In the beginning, it was okay because it was just about the introduction. Later on, it was about David and his mom. Also the writing flows because everything sound clearly and straightforward. The writing was simple and easy to read. It is an interesting and sad book because David get beaten up by his mom. And also his family does not really care if David is being torture by his mom. His family just sit and watch what David's punishments are and also his brothers get to play in the garage but he can not. He is a poor little kid because he had to do all the work by himself and also I don't like his mom being mean to her own son. When I first read this book, it sounded pretty sad because they were talking about how David had to do all the chores in the house. David is a little boy that needs to survive from his mom. He has to survive by eating and have a full stomach fills with food.

The character I'm going to write is about David because he's the person that can do lots of chores. There are a lot of things that happened to David. When David's parents were having a good time, the relationship was normal and did not have any arguments around the house. When David's parents are having arguments, David's mom always beat him because she blames everything on him. His mom does not let David eat breakfast or hang out with his own siblings because his mom makes him do chores. If he does not do the chores that he was asked to do, his mom will spank him or hurt him. His mom does not care about David. Another thing that happened to David is when his shoulder got popped out, his mom did not want to get the blame for it. So she asked David to sleep on the top bunk bed for a reason. Her reason was that David fell down and broke his shoulder. Until when David go to school, his teachers asked what happened to his arm. So he said, he fell down and broke his shoulder.

In order to survive, David has to do everything what his mom asked him to do. His mom is going to hit or beat him against the wall. Whenever David get in troubles at school, the principal or teacher would called his mom what happened to him. When David gets home, his mom will tell him to go to his mom's bedroom and start yelling at him. There was one time that his mom did not let him eat anything for breakfast or dinner. His mom made him starve. When he gets starve, he would steal people's lunchbox or go to the supermarket and steal it. At school, he got caught by the principal and teachers. But at the supermarket, he did not get caught at all. David got caught by his mom's friend when he was begging for food. His mom yelled and beats him.