What did the Child Call?

Author's Note: People don't understand how to truly cherish every living second of life on the Earth. I can’t say that I don’t, well I can now, now that I’ve read A Child Called “It”.  I will be responding to that story in my essay.

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them,” stated by Oscar Wilde.  I thought this quote related very well to the book because; many children forgive, but for children like Dave Pelzer, his “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” and “Outstanding Young Persons of the World” honor merit say there’s no logic to kiss and make up. He’s not the only person that isn’t able to laugh off what happened to him.  For the one out of five people in the world who are abused, according to “A Child Called It”, which is an estimation of 3 million children, can agree to this statement. With that said, this book pleased me because of it's bits and pieces of laughs and smiles it gave me, how it can compare to the other books and the real world.

I giggled for the first time when he calls his mom “a name”; the second time that I smiled was when he told the reader’s he was going to survive her games.  A Child Called “It” isn’t necessarily pleasing as in satisfying and peaceful, but it’s good in a way to keep me turning pages.  My most cherished, incomparable part of the book is the beginning, which is usually not the case, but in the beginning they give you limited knowledge of the future. Dave Pelzer is his own super hero.  Heroes are often in a ginormous majority of the books I’ve read since I can have a ball reading a non-fictional story with a bitter side, but heroes take away that factor from the equation. On that note, comparing A Child Called “It” to Perfect can take place because they’re both all about healing.  Perfect isn’t like A Child Called “It” in an additional way in the behalf of, the most marvelous morsel in A Child Called “It” is up in front and Perfect’s number one segment is the end.  

Although this book made me laugh a few times, it still was heartbreaking because of the fact that it truly happened. In the real world people take as gospel that their parents are ruining their lives because, they won’t let them get a phone, but they don’t know Dave Pelzer’s definition of hard. Dave Pelzer’s mind is set to the definition of hard as: not being fed at all in 7 days. Hard is referred to in our heads as having something we don’t like on our plates.  Opinions are opinions; I can’t really relate to this book.  We can’t dismiss the fact that some parents are being abused by their children, it’s not always the children being abused.  Guess I could relate to that since my friend always yells in her mom’s ears, and licks her face, and hits her until I say “You know what that’s not cool,”; I think I could be her savior, such as Dave’s dad.  Although in the book, his dad has to work and can’t always save his butt; likewise with me, I can’t sleepover every night.    

The bits and pieces of laughs and smiles it gave me, and how it compared to the real world and other books is why A Child Called "It" pleased me.  Too bad he wasn’t able to cram this in the back of his mind, the only part not contained with his mother’s rules. This point can relate to the quote “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it,” which was stated by Helen Keller. Why I chose that quote is because in A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer was full of suffer in the beginning, but he overcame it in the end. That’s why this tragedy is such a good read.  

Perfect or Not Perfect?

Perfect or Not Perfect?

Author's Note-- My 20th piece is my second literary analysis.  About a book I would recommended to all and rate 5 stars. I hope I've improved.  I've been working on writing a proficient conclusion, using AB transitions, and increasing my proficiency in sentence fluency.  If I do say so myself, I'm quite proud of this piece.  I bet I can recite this by heart now all the times I've re-read.  Thanks Mrs. Mundt for all your help.  I hope I give you all a better look upon bulimia.

Wouldn’t a book titled Perfect be about someone who’s oh I don’t know, what’s the word I’m looking for, oh ya PERFECT?  I stand corrected.  Perfect is a superb book.  It’s nowhere near being about a perfect human being.  Truly it’s about two flawless people who don’t know that they’re sublime.  It’s one of those books you want to jump in and scream, “YOU ARE PERFECT!” and have them do a double take.  In Perfect Natasha Friend, the author, perfectly captures the message of; going bulimic is not the road to take when tragedy hits.  

Just in case you don’t happen to be familiar with bulimia; it’s an eating disorder when people purposely make themselves throw up after eating.  One of the emotional effects of bulimia included in the book was putting yourself down ,but not putting yourself down is one of the steps to becoming perfect.  Isabelle, the main character was effected in this way by not feeling that she is worthy of living and she is against her look.  A few minor effects would include depression, fear of gaining weight, anxiety, dizziness, shame, and low self-esteem.  Visualize a minority of major emotional effects of bulimia. To believe this is the second most common eating disorder because of hopelessness, that’s heartbreaking. 

While still visualizing a minority of major emotional effects of bulimia, don’t over-look the physical effects of bulimia.  Very few of the physical effects of bulimia included blood in the puke, hair loss, dry skin, dental damage, organ damage, immune system damage, weak muscles, irregular heartbeat, problems with digestion, and decrease in body temperature.  In the book the second main character, Ashley is familiar to bleeding after vomiting.  Even writing this makes me nauseous.  So now let me ask you.  Why in the world would you think going to the extreme of becoming bulimic is the path to take? 

            Going bulimic is not the road to take when tragedy hits, Natasha Friend captured this message strikingly in Perfect.  This author, once wrote, “If you believe in something stand up for it even if everyone is sitting.”  That quote was stated by Trish and to me that reminds me of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat to a white person.  There's no right or wrong answers in belief, which is the point Natasha is trying to get across in Perfect.