Which one
book benefited you the most and how?
The book that has benefited me the most in my life was “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer.
What is it about? A harrowing, yet inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from internationally bestselling author Dave Pelzer. Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games - games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. She no longer considered Dave a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and smelly, and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dog's bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting an inspirational book of the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to survive. (Google Books)
I read this book in middle school and I
still remember it perfectly. This book really impacted the way I look at abuse
and so many other things. When I first looked at this book in middle school I
thought it the title was quite interesting and different, but the cover looked
soft of boring, so I asked my teacher if it was a good book. She said it was
one of the best books she has ever read. Personally it was by far one of the
best books I have read. This is the only book I have ever read in my entire life,
which has made me cry. Or well tear up. It was such a touching book. I was so
moved by this book. The author Dave Pelzer made the book so .. what’s the
word.. not relatable but relatable at the same time. The author made this book
so moving in a way where I never thought I could feel that way about a book.
Now every time I look at a child, I hope they’re being loved. Not beaten and
told to lie, then beaten some more. This book was gosh. It was absolutely terrifyingly
horrible to read. But I couldn’t put it down. I remember I had the book with me
when we had a party at a beach once, and while everyone was doing something, I
just sat in a beach chair and read that book. The author did such a fantastic
way of writing it. I hate to say it was an amazing book, because the events
that happen in that book are just to me horrible. Undoable, this book has
impacted my life. This book has made me realize how lucky I was and am to have
such loving parents and friends. It taught me to try to reach out to people,
try to help people. It is so horrible to think that things like that happen
everyday around the world to people, kids, children. Its gut wrenching to me. I
would never be able to hit a child, or anyone like that. Just for no purpose,
just it’s so wrong. Even to do it with purpose. But I will never do this to my
child. And I will absolutely make sure that no one does that to my child. If I
ever see someone doing that, hitting their child, I would snap. I do not know
how can one can simply inflict that type of pain on someone and not feel absolutely
horrible. But to do it multiple times? I just don’t understand people who do
that. There is no excuse to hit your child, or anyone else’s.
