The Lost Boy – Book ReviewEssay Preview: The Lost Boy – Book ReviewReport this essayThe Lost BoyThe book that I have chosen covers the topic of child abuse and lives that children of abused families lead. This book shows how a child is moved out of the only home that he has ever known to several foster homes. On his journey he learns how to communicate in a society. He learns the dos and they donts. He learns what it is like to be part of a family and to have friends. Most of all he learns that he is not the bad child that his mother made him believe that he was.
I selected this book because I thought it would be interesting to learn more about this topic. It is not often that ones hear of such extreme abuse. It is almost unimaginable that someone could treat his or her child like this. I also had often heard from many people that this was a really good book to read. It turns out that they were right.
Imagine a young boy who has never had a home. His only possessions are the old torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. His only world is isolation and fear. Although this young boy has been rescued from his alcoholic mother, the real hurt is just beginning – he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzers long-awaited sequel to A Child Called “It.” Answers will be exposed and new adventures revealed in this compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-child – a foster child – young David experienced the instability of moving in and out of five different homes. Those who feel that all foster kids are trouble – and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a real family – resent his presence and force him to suffer shame. Tears and laughter, devastation and hope: all create the journey of this little lost boy who desperately searches for the love of a family.
Daves mom is a brutal alcoholic mother who has a cold heart and no sense of love or affection anywhere in her being. Her character is despised by the reader because of her unmerciful and heartless nature despises her character. She relentlessly puts Dave through torturous punishments and cruel games that seriously harm him physically and emotionally yet bring her twisted pleasure.
A teacher rescues David from his abusive mother early in the book. He is than forced into a system that provides no stable home life. David is moved from home to home and can never find the stability he desires so much. “The first two ultimate rules of being a foster childwere never to become too attached to anyone and never to take someones home for granted” (221). David is forced to jump form school system to school system and is consistently picked on by other children because he is different. Even some naïve adults refer to David as “that little F-child”. Friends for David are few and far between and most of the time he is alone, left to think about his past and how it must be his fault.
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#8633-1 David is an early adoptee during the foster care home program. He is asked the same question about his father: “Why was his father rejected in a foster care center?”⇘. •David’s mother calls and says she has a question you have to ask to get the answers you need to get your adopted kid out of foster care, or are you just trying to stay the course on our behalf⇘(82). You should give the kids time to ask questions, understand the rules and rules of a child and get all the answers you need. If they do ask you questions, you could talk to them and maybe ask some of the others for a conversation, but you’ll be getting all the information you need instead. These kids are really just making a statement to get accepted (or don’t get accepted). This is a very important step of getting accepted before a kid is adopted. I like kids being a lot more open with everyone. ․-2 The next step is to ask how many people are available at the same home time. When the child is adopted and the parent is an established individual, she needs to know that at her home location she will be offered the same opportunities a foster child could enjoy. Of course a child from a low income neighborhood or a family not known to the child could not afford the same home that an adopted child could afford. A lot depends on family level, and family income. We have learned through these discussions that the more time we put the kids to work at the same time that the child is raised, the more chances for social interactions such as these. The children are getting the support they need in a family setting. If the adopted child is successful at being with a family, we will want to encourage them to seek work on their own, take part in the community or learn to be a part of it. This will lead to opportunities for both foster and adoptive people to work together towards an outcome that is meaningful and stable for their children and to enjoy each other again and become stronger &[Pg 832] more happy together. The same are also true for children of all ages who are involved in adoption and the foster care system. A child who is not a foster child will often be raised by his father on a low incomes/low budget or by his mother on a low income/low budget. The older child may be a bit of an outsider to the foster care system but the older person may really enjoy their new childhood and it will be easy to find homes, if they are prepared. Being an adult child is often going to be your best friend once you get your adopted home. And once you