Summary Of A Child Called It Chapter 3

Karla Aleman

FCS 14

11/26/2016

A child called “It”

Summary

Chapter one talks about how he was rescued from his mother with the help of school staff: nurse,teachers, principal, who tells the police about child abuse by his mother. The scar in his abdomen discovered by the nurse which was "the straw that broke the camel's back” and that day he finally felt free.

The second chapter talks about the good times when he could feel all the love of his mother towards him, had glorious days of trips to the beach and picnics. His mom always cooked delicious food for his family. They lived in a cute place and everything was going well…

In chapter three the author narrates how his relationship with his mother changed drastically as his mother physically

He had to steal food from his classmates , the school cafeteria and even the shops and markets. Hunger forced him to steal.

When he was in second grade, his teacher began to notice something about him from his thieving record from his old, stinking clothes, and it was the first time his mother was called to verify that she was not abusing her Son which ended in a terrible beating.

The abuses continued even made him eat his brother's diapers and leftovers from the garbage.

Chapter five, called the Accident, narrates how his mother stabbed him in his abdomen, supposedly by accident...and how he felt very disappointed of his father because he did nothing to help him in this situation. For a moment, he thought the nightmare was over when she was a little kind, but it was not so. She did not even care to heal the injury. He spent moments of despair thinking that he was going to die but finally after several days with fever and with the injury infected, he healed

Analysis

With this story I learned that human nature is very complex, as our states of anxiety and stress can be indications to react violently, even with our loved ones, without a doubt alcoholism was a very important factor to trigger these actions by the mother, although at any time I am not justified her, much less to hurt a helpless child. Without any doubt this book leaves in me a teaching of how a child will always have the hope that his parents can change for better.

As a future employee of an institution that has to do with children, this book has taught me that you have to be alert to any situation that is present in any child, and not judge only by their actions, if not go beyond why Is acting in that way, approach them and be kind to have the confidence to say what happens at home, in case you find something out of the ordinary, no doubt call the police, it is alarming the number of children who are mistreated and abused in their own homes, by their own parents or relatives.

As a person, teacher, housewife, neighbor, I will always be alert to any signs of child abuse around