A Child Called “IT” by Dave Pelzer

Chapter Five “The Accident”

Directions: Answer the following questions using details from the book and look up the

vocabulary words.

1. Why do you think Dave still dreams about being a member of the family?

2. How does his little brother Russell act? Why?

3. Describe the stabbing incident.

4. How did the father react when Dave was stabbed by his mother?

5. Why doesn’t Dave give up?

6. Why does think it’s important to take care of himself after the “accident”?

7. What does Dave fantasize about?

8. What adjectives would you use to describe Dave’s mother?

9. What adjectives would you use to describe Dave’s father?

Vocabulary: Write out the definition for each word.

Morale, Mundane, Charade, Monotone

Explanation:

You are talking about A Child Called It, not It. I never read this book. Sorry :(

1. everyone wants to be loved, and to be part of something. david is no exception. also, the family can eat food, davids mom pretty much starves him.

2. russel was mean. he would make up stories just so david would get in trouble. russel liked to see him get punished.

3. davids mother was very drunk. she said if he didnt finish the dishes on time she would kill him. david didnt think she would stab him, so he didnt move. she stabbed david, and then david blacked out. when he gained conscienceness david found her dressing his wound and stuff.

4. davids father wasnt surprised at all. in fact, he told david to finish the dishes even tho david was still weak.

5. david didnt give up because the way he say it was if he died, then his mother would win. david wanted to beat her by staying alive.

6. if david doesnt take care of himself he will die.

7. about having a real family, about his father being his hero, and his mother caring for him.

8. cruel, twisted, sick, but also hurt, broken, lost, and hopeless.

9. cowardly, scared, hurt, hopeless.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.