I read the book The Lost Boy by David Pelzer. This is about a boy name David (who is also the author of this book) who was beaten everyday for years by him cruel mother. There are many words to describe David. Some of them are that he is a sweet, loving, forgiving, caring, helpless little boy. David is sweet because he never did anything to hurt anyone. David was forgiving because even though all the times that his mother had beaten him over and over for no reason what so ever, he still forgave her and he still loved her very much. David is caring because he still cared for his mother no matter what she did to him. David was a helpless little boy because he couldn't stop his mother from beating him and if he tried to stop her she would do worse things to him. David always wore old, ratty, itchy clothing when he was staying at his mothers house because his mom thought that he doesn't deserve to get anything better. David is not a very confident boy. He has been scarred from all the abuse and has no confidence and took things for granted in the beginning of the book. Towards the end he started to open his eyes and realize how lucky he is to have a new foster family and that he is alive. So that makes David a dynamic character. David went through a lot of change in this book. He learned that life is not all the rotten and cold anymore. He learned that people want to help him, not hurt him. He also learned how to be a responsible young man when he was around 16 years old.
Now to talk about Davids mother. Davids mother is a crazy, cruel, devious, terrible mother. She put David to hell and back. She put him through near death experiences, the pain of abuse, and all sorts of mental pain as well. Davids mother is not admirable, evil, and inconsiderate. She is evil because someone who is evil would hurt her son the way that she did. She is inconsiderate because she didn't do much to help out her kids, but instead she made them do things for her. Davids mother is different from others because she is VERY abusive and wacko in the head. Someone who is not wacko in the head would treat their kid with some respect and to not abuse them. If you ask me, I think that Davids mother is a terrible person.
There are many conflicts in The Lost Boy. The main conflict in this book was both internal and external conflicts between David and his mother. Davids mother was a heart less, abusing, alcoholic. She almost ruined his whole life and she definitely scarred him for life. She made him cautious of everything he did for years. Davids whole life would have been a living hell if he hadn't of been placed in the foster care homes like he was placed in. Even after he was put into foster care, he was still cautious to talk to anyone or to ask for anything. Since David had gone through all the pain and suffering that his mother put him through, he never got back to his normal self again.
David had to face many obstacles after he was put into a foster care home. He was so used to his old life style, that he thought that he couldn't trust anyone. David also stole all sorts of things and got into all sorts of mischief. Since he stole and got into all sorts of mischief, he got into a lot of trouble with the police almost at every foster home he went to. David soon went into a depression because he could never get too attached to a foster parent because he would soon move away from them. It was only a matter of time. The obstacles that David had to face and handle, were not the type of person that David is. David is usually happy and hopeful. He handled the obstacles with low effort. If I were David, I would have handled it differently. I would be happy I made it away from a mother like that. I also would have tried my best to stay away from mischief and crimes.
The main conflict in this book is between David and his mother because how I see it is, that if it wasn't for his mother treating David the way she did, he wouldn't of had to go through all that trouble, pain, and misery like he had to. If she would have just treated him like any normal mother treats their kid, then David wouldn't of had to go through all that mess. He would have had a normal life. He could have been happy and joyful. Instead she replaced he love for him with abuse, and that led to change Davids life forever.
