you don't finish on time, I'm going to kill you!" (A Child Called "It", 1995)
             And David's reaction this was, "Her words had no effect on me." (A Child Called "It", 1995)
             Now when your mother tells you she is going to kill you first you have to think, what is wrong with this woman? Then when David says that it had no effect on him, you have to wonder how deep the emotional damage has gone. Has it gone so deep that when his life is seriously threatened it doesn't bother him? To further show how troubling David Pelzer's childhood was here is another exert from A Child Called "It".
             "Even with my face covered with defecation, I was pleased. I thought I might win." (A Child Called "It", 1995)
             How could a child, whose face had just been smashed into a soiled diaper, think there was anyway to win in this situation? Even after all his mother had put him through David tried to be strong and knew that the only way for him to win was to stay alive. He knew that he would be giving in t
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