A Child Called It
By: Top • Book/Movie Report • 740 Words • May 17, 2010 • 1,248 Views
A Child Called It
New Stuff
What did I learn from this book? The only thing that comes to
mind when I'm asked that question is pain. I didn't know what real
pain was until I tried to understand what this child went through.
Everything that meant anything to him, his family, those who
should be the closest, was drowned out. He didn't know what
love was, he didn't have the pleasure of being tucked into bed. I
think that so often in the world today, we are naive. We don't
have a clue of how life could be, and of how lucky we truly are to
have the kinds of backgrounds that we were blessed with.
On a more professional note, I learned that this type of
psychosis can take over one's life until they don't know what is
real anymore. All they have in their mind is their demented
illusion. It is really hard not to be against these people. One must
realize that they are sick, they are unbalanced. Being mad at
them for how they are would be like yelling at someone who's
diabetic because of their abnormality. So, in short, I have
learned that there is much more out there in this world that meets
the eye.
Best Writing
One place where I found the best writing was on pages 59-61,
where he is able to describe in such incredible detail exactly how
things had gone on in his mind, and how he played the actions
out.
Another place where I thought the writing was very good would
be on pages 84-88. In this section, he is describing the
accidental stabbing that had occured, and his little brothers total
lack of sensitivity towards the subject, and his saying that he had
seen her be more compassionate with animals than she had with
him.
My last best writing place would consist of many places. These
are the places in which David is relying on his father to make
things all better for him, and his father loses battles, thus making
things all that much harder for David. The last part I would give
you for the best writing would be on page 149 where David's
father finally leaves and mutters those simple words that change
his life and beliefs of heroes completely, I'm sorry.
Psychology Area/Real?
Psychology is the study of human and animal behavior. This
study includes abnormal human behavior. You can't get very
much more abnormal than this. This book demonstrates severe
psychosis/neurosis and the effects it brought about.
I have had a little bit of experience dealing with a person with a
slight amount of psychosis. This book very much reminded me