Blog 2: A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer

9/15/10

What is the main character's motivation be sure to include specific details from your IRB.

     In my novel,  A Child Called "It",  Dave Pelzer is the main character who has a motivation. Since the age of 5, Dave has been abused by his mother and has become a slave for her. His motivation is to keep trying hard and not letting his mother know that he cares for what she plans for him. Since being stabbed with a knife and burned on a kitchen stove, Dave has only god to help him. He finds different ways to get back at her. For instance when he was starved with nothing to eat, he would steal food from anywhere he can without having his mother know. This is a true story during the 1960's, that this boy had such courage to survive from his mother.