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THEME- the theme of abuse is an obvious and important theme of this autobiography. at the ages between four and twelve, is the stages david pelzer has covered. there are many types of abuse covered. the first is verbal.

the whole book is a flashback,except from the very beginning, when a policeman is taking him away from his mother, to freedom.

she singled out one of her children to be the family slave, it happened to be david. she didn't stop there though. she also played cruel games just for her pleasure.

the title of this book 'a child called it' is a perfect example of verbal abuse. his mother refused to have him known as a part of the family and for years referred to him as 'the boy' as the abuse got worse she even reduced him down to 'it' she told him he wasn't even worthy of being called a boy, he was nothing, only an 'it'.

PERSPECTIVE-his childhood was filled with cruel events perpetrated ov deve by his mother in a fog of alchoholism and mental instability.......

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