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"Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of a soul." ~Dave Pelzer

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"Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of a soul." ~Dave Pelzer

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A caring and loving person can always change into a cruel and abusive human.

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Father walked out on the family. Dave was sad and jealous at the same time. He was jealous because Father got to escape from Mother and he didn't. Now Dave was left all alone with Mother.

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Dave soon began to not believe that there was a God. He was filled with anger and no longer showed any emotion. On the outside, Dave acted as if he were a robot.

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Mother began to act loving and caring towards Dave again. He felt like as if he were a part of the family again. Dave would soon realize that Mother was faking. She only did that because social services was coming to see how Dave was doing. After social services left, everything went back to normal.

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After Dave was stabbed, he went to go to tell Father. Father demanded that Dave should leave him alone before he and Dave get caught by Mother. Dave no longer saw Father as his hero and he hated Father more than he did any other at the moment. Father also started to hang around the house less.

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Dave was stabbed by Mother. She showed no sympathy towards him after she stabbed him. She bandaged him up and told him to go downstairs and finish his chores. This was extremely difficult for him because of his wound.

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Since Dave was not eating food at home, he began stealing food at school. At first no one knew who was stealing the food, but eventually Dave was caught. Mother would starve Dave longer and beat him more because of his thefts.

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Dave was also being starved by Mother. He said that she would "forget" to feed him dinner. Dave would always fantasize about food before he went to bed. He would hope that he next day maybe he would receive food.

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One day Mother attempted something extremely bizarre. She burned Dave's hand on the stove and tried to get him to lay on top of it. Dave wasted time until his brother came home because Mother never acts crazy in front of other people. At that moment Dave realized that he could survive Mother's games.

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Mother's sweet and loving personality drastically changed. She became a harsh mother and started to abuse Dave. He described her as a "witch" and she also showed no sympathy for him.

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"I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play in its warm presence. I cringed with hate whenever I heard other children laughing, as they played outside. My stomach coiled whenever I smelled food that was about to be served to somebody else, knowing it was not for me."

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"What little hope I had was gone. I no longer had the will to carry on. I felt as if I were a man on death row, not knowing when my time would come."

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Ultimate Thomas Sanders Vine Compilation

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Abuse

Cruel

Survival

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Daly City, California in the early 70's

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Man vs. Man

Dave's mother abuses Dave and there is nothing that Dave can do to help himself.

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Dave Pelzer-Author/Victim

Catherine Roerva-Dave's mom

Stephen Joseph-Dave's dad

Ronald , Stan, Kevin- Dave's brothers

School Nurse

Miss Moss- Dave's math teacher

Mr. Ziegler- Dave's teacher

Mr. Hansen- Dave's principal