A Man Named Dave Vocabulary

A word I found in A Man Named Dave that I am unfamiliar with is 'raved'. The sentence is, "When I was younger, mother would drag me out of bed in the middle of the night, have me stand in front of her as she poured herself glass after glass and raved on for hours." (Pelzer 14) After looking it up, I now know that raved means to talk wildly, as in delirium. This book also has other good vocabulary words as well.

A Man Named Dave, Chapter 1

Chapter one in A Man Named Dave, The End, takes place on March 4th, 1973 where Dave Pelzer is 12 years old and depressed because is mother makes his life a living hell. A line in the chapter is, "I close my eyes as tightly as I can and mumble a quick prayer, even though I know God hates me." This is important because it gives us a clue about how mentally unstable and depressed he is. He also says this because his mother abuses him so much that he believes God hates him.

I cannot imagine what this was like for him. Just knowing that as soon as you come home your warm house, you are in trouble and getting beat. The most amazing thing is that he somehow got through it all and grew up to write these awesome books that let other know that these things happen all the time and that it needs to stop. I admire him and will keep you updated as move through the book.