How Do You Feel at the End of the Reading Today? What About the Plot, Setting, and/or Characters Creates that Mood?

At the end of reading today, I feel remorse for the type of life young Dave Pelzer is destined to encounter after his mother and father get a divorce. In "A Child Called It," Dave is forced into solitude and sleeps on a bed of coats in the cold garage. He completes the maximum amount of chores possible and has repercussions if he does not do them correctly in the time limit allowed. The book focuses on Pelzer's inner thoughts and the types of beatings and starvation he had to go through in order to stay alive. By the descriptions he includes and the way Dave manages to keep up his faith and hope to survive, when in fact no one is there to help him, manages to demonstrate the of always dreaming for a better future and doing whatever you must to get there. The characters, such as his siblings and parents, add onto the impact of human nature and how alcohol and certain relationships can push you to your breaking point.