The Horrendous Suffering Faced by Dave Pelzer

Pelzer’s father couldn’t do nothing to stop it because if he talks to his wife she will win and Dave will have to do things that she say such as swallow dish soap. Dave’s other was not a good person to fight against with because she will take the person down. His mother is not a nice person because she treats him bad and the only reason she does that is because she gets drunk every single day. Dave’s dad can’t do nothing about it because he doesn’t want to fear her.

By utilizing theories from Urie Bronfenbrenner, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, one can effectively draw insightful conclusions about how abuse affected Dave Pelzer’s childhood.

had to raise his two brothers because their father wasn’t able to care for them after he became an alcoholic because of the passing of his wife.

     The conflict of the story was Dave’s mother. She was cruel and unloving. She would drink and abuse Dave. For some reasons she never beat any of her other kids. Every time he stood up to her she would tell him he was a nobody or an “it”. She did cruel things for no reason. For example one time she tried putting him on the stove to burn him. Other times she would make a gas out of ammonia and Clorox in the bathroom and lock him in there for hours. The climax of the story is when people at school start noticing cuts and bruises on David. When a social worker is sent to his house, his mother starts treating him with love and pretends she’s sorry. Dave believes it and doesn’t say anything when the social worker comes. Dave thinks his dreams have come true and is very happy not knowing when the social

Dave Pelzer grew up in San Francisco, California (prezi.com) with two alcoholic parents and an abusive mom. His ability to overcome his abuse, made him an inspiration to many. Dave is the oldest of five.(answers.com) His dad was a firefighter and an alcoholic. (answers.com)His mother was an alcoholic and abusive. Pelzer nearly died several times by his mother. (davepelzer.com)His abuse became one of the most gruesome and extreme cases.(davepelzer.com)

Due to his former boxing and martial arts background Dave thought teaching the teenagers how to defend themselves safely and the meaning of discipline was an important and relevant skill. He would teach fitness and the word of God in way that the people could understand. He connected life lessons to Gods teachings and helped guide his students in the right direction in the Gods name. Dave really felt that he could help these troubled youth, as he once was on the wrong path of life and can understand what they are feeling and going through. The teenagers he worked with felt that he was a good councillor through situations and always knew they could rely on him for help. Father says in one of his interviews that the start of this event was the beginning of a new movement to guide troubled youth and to teach the word of

As she was growing up she found out she had a brother but from her father side. Her and her brother were not very close. Her brother was involved with the wrong mix and her mother Noelia did not want her to be a part of that type of influence. Her father, Robert, at the time was not very much

Dave had three brothers who never once were abused; his mother chose only to torture him. Throughout his terrible childhood, Dave somehow managed to maintain a hopeful outlook on life and somehow kept his will to survive.

First born children, like Stanley, typically take on the name of their father, but in this case, the second son would take it on. This was the first time that Stanley, a rather observant child, realized that his step-mother was partial to her children. With time, Dorris’s simple disregard for her step children would escalate to cruel mistreatment. Every night, despite the cold or rain, Dorris made Stanley and his sister sleep on the back porch. The children were never told why they were forced to sleep outside, insufficiently protected from the elements, and their father did nothing to help

Problems that comes up in this case study appears to child; physical, emotional, mental, verbal and personal abuse, along with environmental factors that created the initial “family secret,” that Dave talks about throughout the book. His parents have their own personal conflicted problems, along with their abused in substances like alcohol. The family social economic status seems to range in the lower class, as Dave’ father occupation was a firefighter and his mother’s occupation is unknown. Physical abuse of children is a nonaccidental injury inflicted on a child (Crosson-Tower, p.180, 2013). Dave’s mother made him sit at the bottom of the stairs with his hands under his bottom, starved and slept with no blanket in the cold basement. His mother’s alcoholic problems made him, his mother’s sole target for frustration and anger, basically as his mother’s punching bag. Neglectful mother were more than likely to used words like shame and sad more than non-neglectful mother during the study (Camilo, Garrido & Calheiros, 2016). Dave’s mother called him “it,” while his

The character David Experiences threats from his Father. David does not really like this because he's still just a little kid and to be told he can't play because of their

Catherine and her older brother had a difficult childhood. Her mother had depression and father couldn’t understand it and express that she should, just get over it.” When Mom and Dad would fight, Catherine was scared and went to room. Catherine confided that her Dad didn’t like her and he once told her if he could do it over again, he wouldn’t have children. When Catherine was 16 years old, she and her Mom moved out and parents got a divorce.

his father and dead mother. David's father has an idealized vision of his son as

His recent run-in with an old college roommate Dixie Lee Pugh has been the catalyst for his dire circumstance. Dave is sympathetic to Dixie’s situation and decides to avenge his friends attempted murder. This action shows that Dave is a protective figure, even when his gut is telling him ‘to let it be.’ Dave is a very caring individual, and his devotion to Alafair is paramount to his safety. Dave is self-reflective regarding his actions. His constant dreams are a sign that he is dealing with his emotions. After a threat from Harry Mapes, Dave sets out to ‘dissuade’ the thug from any future threats. He values friends and family more than life itself, and this may stem from his previous loss of loved ones. He has much to live for and is willing to make himself a better person to do so. His attendance of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings reflects this personal

the younger brother Danny is forced to write a paper about his brother 's influence on him. The