David's struggle to survive his mother's abuse in David pelzer's a child called it

This thesis attempts to analyze the struggle of child abuse v1ct1m named David who is abused by his own mother in A child Called It, novel by David Pelzer. There are two main concerns in this thesis which are the kinds of abuse that David experiences and the struggle that he does to survive the abuse. This thesis aims to give evidence that even a mother can do such cruel things to her own child considering the story is based on the author's childhood experience that means it really happens. Eventually, this aim is expected to create awareness about children's welfare. This thesis uses descriptive qualitative method for it describes the kinds of abuse depicted in the novel and the struggle that the victim does. Existentialism theory by Kierkegaard is proper theory to analyze the story for it focuses on the boy's struggle from the perspective of existentialism.