An "It"

A Child Called "It"
pg.140

" Get one thing straight, you little som of a *****! There is nothing you can do to impress me! Do you understand me? You are a nobody! An It! I hate you and I wish you were dead! Dead! Do you hear me? Dead. "

That day, the reason why Davids mother snapped like that was because Davids teacher told David that the title that David made up for the schools news paper won and he gave a letter for Davids mother to read. David thought that maybe his mother would reward him and giving him some food so afterschool, David ran as fast a s he could to get to him houseto show her the letter. When David got home, he showed it to her and that's when she ripped it into small pieces in front of his face and screammed all those bad things to him.