"Mom, I love you..."

David,s dream to success

     David is growing up and he just want to fit in a group, he wanted to have a gang and for that he stole things. Rudy and Lilian are very disappointed of him and are getting worried of him causing more problems. Now the police are involved about this case of stealing from the grocery store and they could determine a type of penalization to him. David was sent to court because of his actions and when he was in the court mother appeared and David get in panic, he felt again as if she was going to take him with her. Rudy is very tired of David, but Lilian will keep defending him. David with all the problems he had is given a new chance of behaving well. Now finally David has a type of contact with his father, he sends him lot of letters but he does not receive any feedback. Until one day Davids father came to the house and get to talk with David, he said that the house was a mess because of him. He just camed to talk with him to tell him he is guilty of how mother is acting in the house. After that father leaves and Lilian gave a hug to David, she gave him some love that David has not feel for a long time. David still had lot of problems and he was still trying to get in a group, so no the kids of the school fooled him in insulting a girl, when he did that he felt very bad and one boy Carlos came and gave him his hand, and his friendship. Mother appeared in school and David described her as a monster, the other students ran from her because of her looks. She get near David and talk. Mother has been very hurt of Davids change of home, so now she have a new kid to abuse, Russel. He was Davids younger brother and now Mother is doing to him what she done to David. As we reach the final of the book, David is growing up he is now 16 and he don't know what to do in life, he want to work and so he is given a job and he did a good job and stayed with the job. David has founded more friends and he is fitting in with more people, he is older so he is more mature and is conscience of what he does. On the neighborhood he had a problem, one girl was very rude with him because he is a foster child, David felt very bad with this and have a little shock because he remembered everything that mother does to him.

    After the visit of Father David felt very bad, he told him that the house was hell again because of him. David was bad and Lilian gave him some love, this made him change the way he saw the world. Now he knows he have someone that loves him and that will be n his side even in the hardest moments. David after that moment of care that Lilian gave to him he said...

Lilian with David

"Mom, I love you"(216)

     This little quote tell us that David is feeling better, that Lilian has done quite good things with him and David is feeling very appreciated. This words David have not tell them on a long time, he does not tell i love you to mother, to his brothers and neither to his father, but now he told Lilian. This is because if she gives David some love, she would receive some love back from David. Lilian has been so good to David that he won the title of mom and the place in Davids heart of being a mom.

    David has some problems with the girl in his neighborhood and she judged him because of being a foster child. Then she went and tell her mother what was happening with David, and she get very frustrated and as soon as age saw David she was very rude with David and said...

"You're that little...that little F-child, aren't you?"(271)

       The mom of that girl did that because she is a very discriminate person not because David did something wrong, that women was crazy she exploded over David. She did that just because David is a foster child, this type of person are the ones that damage a society, this is a type of racism. David felt very bad with this and also made him remember his past. I don't understand why people need to discriminate other people just because they are foster??? they are un respectfull people they don't know the history hided of this children's, do they think is the children's fault why are they foster child? This people should know all the history that follow this children's before they judge...

                                                                                       Don't judge because of looks, and never give up  

     This was the final of the book and it was very shocking, some parts changed in a good and bad way. He finded more friends which could make him feel better, but his family situation was worst. Now he may be guilty of what mother could do to Russel, As this book ended at his age of 18, I want to find out what happened next because this book does not finish on the happy ending for David, and I'm looking forward to read the third book that will talk of Davids life from age of 18 and forward. The part were the old lady mother of that girl talked with David really get to my heart, I hate this people that judge this innocent children's of doing something that they are not guilty of. Davids life in this book changed dramatically and I think in a good way even all the problems he faced. The theme of this book is mostly; Never give up, because he always keep trying to have a new family and a new and good life. Now David will see what he can do in his future since he is now 18, he can live alone. In my opinion this book was very interesting and shocking, David need to be very great full with Lilian that was the one that care and support him and mostly because she gave him mothers love, she was his "MOM."

More Problems

David riding his bike

      David with his new family is very happy, he is enjoying a lot. But he is having some problems, with Larry Jr. Since they meet each other they have set their differences, bot didn't like each other. So Larry was a type of bully and because he was bigger he treated David very bad, one day when David just get to the house after he ride his bike, Larry didn't let him get to his room and he started insulting him, Katy that is another foster child leaving in the house said Larry to stop. Larry Jr turned around and discuss with Katy. David was furious and he wanted to fight with Larry, so they get down to the basement and David punched Larry Jr, this wasn't a big deal because Larry was very big so he didn't even feel the punches. Then Lilian open the door of the house and get down to the basement and she was very mad at Larry. She did knew that David got a ¨rivalry¨ with Larry and she talked with Larry. After that incident Lilian knew that David need some help and she toked David to the psychiatric. David has very meek and didn't talk with the doctor(psychiatric), the doctor asked many questions of mother, of how did he felt when she burned his arm, or why did she abused him. This question made very angry to David he felt very uncomfortable. So David started hating this doctor he said he was crazy and he need to keep going to talk to him. A week later when David went to the doctor again, he told Lilian he didn't want to go again that he didn't like this doctor, so Lilian accepted Davids petition and canceled the date. When all of this psychiatric stuff passed, David had a good relationship with big Larry, one day big Larry invited David to a little trip on  their bikes, they were going threw all the  city until they reached the ex school of David, he felt quite good, feeling the air and watching the kids playing outside. They keep going and they reach the street where mother house was. He told big Larry that here was where he used to live, and he asked if they could pass through. Big Larry without knowing the consequences that this would bring accepted, they ride in front of mother house and David felt that he saw his brothers and he ran out of that street. Once they reach home, Lilian received them with a bad news. That David mother called to tell what are they doing near her house. They felt ashamed and didn't knew it was a big deal, but Lilian explained that if they do that one more time or if they just be near of Mrs. Pelzer (Davids mother) she can have the right to take David with her.


    David had a discussion with Larry Jr, and they both said some very bad thing to each other. They fighted because they're differences and since Larry was older he had advantage, this discussion was not that simple as an discussion but they sort of punch each other. One moment Larry said to David...

"An insect with no brain! And that's what you're going to be if you keep doing that!"(139)

       This is what Larry said to David, is quite similar to some things that mother said to David. So with this we know that David was still with problems and this show us that this family was not that good was we thought. David may have this problems with Larry for many time and he any time would even feel as if he was with mother, with all the abuse and horrible past that he had.

       Now many of us might think that David just have some problems with Larry Jr, but is not like that. Big Larry is also a very complicated person, at first he was very kind and good with David but then he changed. Just as mother. He started being very mad and he just like exploded once any one made something wrong. Like one event that showed us he is different as he thought and he said...

"But I don't really need your crap. You hear me?"(168)

         This is a very rude tone to talk to a kid, this may hurt a lot David feelings and they way he sees his new family would change. He might have a sort of un trust with both Larrys and now since he have someone that will take care of him (Lilian) David way of behaving will change. Now he will make some more trouble in the house and he will fight with both Larrys when they say something to him that he don't likes. If they cause problems to David he will fight back and cause more problems with them, and if this happens they new family will no longer be a good family.

Represents Big Larry talking with David

          Summarizing my thoughts, David does not have the perfect family as we thought and as he thought. He is having problems with Larry and Big Larry. At least he have some family love of Lilian, that she takes a lot of care of him, she is very patient with David and she gives a lot of love to him. I predict that the new family is going to be very tired of David of his bad habits and they re are going to be more strict and bad with him. I also say that Larry Jr is going to have more problems with David and there would no be a secure environment in the house. David will also change and be more rude with all his family members and he would start giving problems to them. The theme we can see in this part is patience because of how the new family have been with David and how good they are with him for the bad things he do.