THE EFFECTS OF THE ABUSE EXPERIENCED BY DAVID CHARACTER’S IN DAVID PELZER’S A CHILD ALLED AND THE LOST BOY

  • Adeline Grace Marianne Litaay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30996/anaphora.v1i1.2088
Keywords: child abuse, effects of abuse, psychological theory

Abstract

The study discusses the effects of the abuse experienced by David’s character in David Pelzer’s A Child Called It and The Lost Boy. The theory applied is psychological theory about child abuse and the research method applied is qualitative research by Blaxter. Based on the research, it is found that the effects of the above abuse that David experienced were flashback through nightmares, the feeling of insecure  and frightened, low self esteem and inferior feeling, difficulties to trust others and develop friendliness, and deteriotating school performance. Besides, David had deviant actions (stealing), obstacles to understand and receive love and/or properness, and emotional control disorder.

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Published
2018-07-31
How to Cite
Litaay, A. (2018). THE EFFECTS OF THE ABUSE EXPERIENCED BY DAVID CHARACTER’S IN DAVID PELZER’S A CHILD ALLED AND THE LOST BOY. Anaphora : Journal of Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies, 1(1), 33 - 38. https://doi.org/10.30996/anaphora.v1i1.2088
Issue
Vol 1 No 1 (2018): JULY
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Copyright (c) 2018 Adeline Grace Marianne Litaay

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