Journal Entry

In the book "A Child Called It" a young boy named David is bruttally abused mentally and physically by his hellish excuse of a mother. He is horribly beaten, neglected and starved throughout the time that he lives with his parents and brothers. What astonishes me in this story is how david never gave up, despite his arm being put against a stove burner and having a dirty diaper smushed against his face, he kept going, figuring out new ways to get food, or be injured just a bit less. It absolutely amazed me the level of strength and perserverance that he was capable of. Some of the pain he overcame is just incredible, one of the events that really stood out to me was when he cleans an infected stab wound on his own, i absolutely coudnt believe it, it was like a scene out of Rambo!! Seriusly though the things David overcame just flabbergasted me and made me realize how lucky so many of us are to not be horribly treated as a child like he was.