David Quotes Analysis

“Fuck you! Say what you want! I got the food.” (page 107). This is when David first stops blaming himself for his life/abuse and realizes that it's his mother's fault. David is the storyteller. He’s the actual boy whose was called “it”. Another example of when he changes is when David became very depressed in the 5th grade.

One of the ways David changed throughout the book was first realized that none of what was going on his fault. And what I mean by “what's going on” I mean that's David has been abused for most of his life now and up till this point he's blamed himself. But David's last straw was when his mother accidently stabbed him!! A quote that shows this is “With every step, pain ripped through my ribs and blood seeped through my

ragged t-shirt. By the time I reached the kitchen sink, I leaned over and panted like a dog.” (page 89) This explains how horribly David was treated and through the pain and blood he realized that none of this was his fault and it was all his mother’s.

The second way David changed throughout the book was when David started hating himself for the things his mother did David then became very depressed and very alone. A quote that shows this is “ As I sat alone in the garage, or read to myself in the darkness of my parents’ bedroom, I came to realize I would live like this for the remainder of my life. No just god would leave me like this. I believed I was alone in my struggle and that my battle was that one of survival.” (page 131) This shows how alone David is in the book, because in the beginning of the book David believed in god and believed that he would save him but his life has gotten so bad that he no longer believes in god.

In conclusion David had expressed many feelings but then had felt alone. David learning to hate his mother was a very big step for him in the book because this was him realizing that what was happening to him wasn’t his fault even though he realized that it wasn’t his fault he still became alone and depressed. But in the end David had gotten his happily ever after and grew from a little boy to a young man. Reading this story it was shocking that such things are possible for parents to abuse their kids like this I hope this book will spread awareness to other people about abusive relationships.