The author of "The Child Called It", Dave Pelzer, actually experienced these horrible events described in great detail. He had to endure his mother's crazy, messed up, satanic games. I am glad that he wrote this book because he seemed to have a clear purpose in mind. To educate the reader about the horrors f child abuse and gain national attention on the subject. Throughout the book, he is hurt and abused and goes through many cruel and unusual punishments for things that he was pushed to do by his crazy mother. For most of the book, he relies on his father, who is fully aware of what happens, to save him from his mother. Filled with false promises, David's father does little to fight for David. "Father stood lifeless as mother fed me another dose of ammonia. But this time, I fought back. She had to pry my mouth open, and by thrashing my head from side to side, I was able to make her spill most of the cleaner on to the floor. But not enough." (76) As the book progresses, David begins to realize that his father will not help him. He has to fight back himself. This quote makes people realize that even if they do not know much about child abuse, horrible things happen to children every day. I think Dave Pelzer is very successful in his purpose in this book. This bestseller depicts in great detail what happens to kids who are abused.  What is extremely sad is that throughout the book, people knew and did little to prevent it. I think he also achieves his purpose by showing that there was no justification for the abuse. For example, multiple times in the book, when the Mother is punishing David, she says that he is a bad boy, and nothing more. "And she never beats you? The lady asked. No...uh... I mean, only when I get punished... when I'm a bad boy, I said trying to cover up the truth." Here, he is talking to a social services worker. After this, his mother beats him because she does not want to get in trouble.