Who Is Dave Pelzer

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Like all children, Dave Pelzer, the main character in the book “ A child called it” .He looked at his parents as great people and respectful .At first his parents to protect. His father was his hero or so he thought at first, Dave begins to notice a difference in his family since soon after many things began to change, in her family. Dave began to realize that things changed.When His relationship with her Mom drastically changed from discipline that developed into a kind of lifestyle that grew out of control. Father who in the beginning was his hero of David but over time . He stopped being their hero. ( Chapter 3) One day his father left for work, he knelt down, held my shoulders tightly and told me to be a “good boy”. His

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