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Cydney Funk

Bruton

AP Lang

15 January 2016

Script

Hello, my name is Dave Pelzer, your lecture giver for the day. I grew up in California and

am now 56 years old. I realize this is a college class, and I am required to warn any audience

members with a traumatic childhood that this presentation could be triggering. That being said, I

am here to tell you my story of coping with an abusive childhood. I hope it will prove useful for

those of you who have also suffered abuse or other traumas. In my case, my abuser was my own

mother. I believe that almost, if not all the time, the perpetrator wants something that their victim

has.

Today, more than four children die each day as a result of abuse and neglect (American

SPCC). That is as bad as it could get right? Not so much. Hate crimes of all sorts are at an all

time high. With all of the horrible things plaguing our world, almost everyone you know is

affected by cruelty. Cruelty is most often caused by insecurity, by desire, by jealousy, and by

fear. Therefore, in order to stop this mild problem the perpetrators mental health and wellbeing

needs to be our focus.

Throughout childhood my mothers abuse felt meaningless. I never understood my

mothers antics. But over the years I have grown into an understanding: I had something as a 6

year old boy that she, as a full grown woman, could not grasp: I had a voice. My mom was as

different as night and day when my abusive and drunken and disorderly father was at home

(Pelzer 32). This was because she could never stand up to him like I stood up for myself. My
mother wanted to be like me, so she targeted me. She loved me so much she hated me. Similar to

my moms jealousy of me, Iago from Othello wanted the promotion that Cassio got. So he set

Cassio up to be ridiculed. When people want something, they hurt people who have it, because

jealousy and desire grow in human hearts like tumors.

However, many believe that cruelty begins with uncertainty. This can be true. One

example of this is surprisingly my mother. Because of how worried she was about my father

leaving and/or cheating she began to abuse my father right back (Pelzer 32). But this had nothing

to do with jealousy, it was to protect herself from her fears.

That being said, my mom still generally abused due to jealousy and insecurity. All Iago

wanted was to be credited as the great person he thought he was. I had a voice that carried farther

than others (Pelzer 29). My mom craved that voice, so she tried to take it.

Almost everyone is subject to cruel behaviors every single day. This problem wont solve

itself. In order to stop abusing one another mental health of perpetrators has to be taken into

consideration. Each and every one of you has to work on yourself and make improvements to

terminate cruelty.

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