For com munication, David’s family had t elephone. For inform at ion, David’s family also had t elevision. Besides, David’s fam ily
also had radio for m edia of informat ion. There is also st ereo in David’s house. The st ereo w as played at Christ mas. The st ereo w as also used t o
play romance song to dance David’s fat her and mother. The policem an asks for my address and t elephone num ber
ACCI: 12. In t ransport ation, David’ s mother had her own car. She used it to
drive and pick children up to and from school. The st at ion w agon w as also used t o have fam ily picnic. Furt hermore, David had a bicycle. David
also had minibike and car. There w ere also planes. David flied planes aft er joining U.S. airforce. It m eans t hat the t ransport ation had
developed well. M y body slid from my seat , and I t hought for sure I’d fall
out of t he plane as t he Boeing 727 m ade a sudden sharp roll to the right AM ND: 31.
D. Discussion and Conclusion
The social aspect refl ect ed in A Child Called it, The Lost Boy, and A M an Named Dave
can be seen from t he social st at us of t he charact ers who w ork as t eachers, headm ast er, nurse, police, and firem an. These professions belong t o
middle class. The t rilogy also t ells that they live adequacy and do not look rich. The social class is show n only about whit e fam ily w ithout comparing w it h blacks
or t he other class. The only difference t hat st ands out is t he fost er children look inferior t o the comm on children. Beside from t he charact ers, t he social class can
be seen from t he charact erizat ion. The m ot her has a bad charact er like m ad and lazy, scream ing, drinking alcohol, and cussing. The person who has that charact er
is uneducat ed. In addit ion, it can be seen from t he ungram mat ical st ructure used by m other in speaking such as em . Since educat ed person will speak t he
st andard language, it m eans that the m other is uneducat ed because she uses slang.
The problem reflect ed in this book is bad social relat ion among family members and t heir relat ionship w ith the neighbors. The fat her spends his days
for w orking and rarely being at home, w hile the m other and children most ly st ay at home and not mingle w ith neighbors. The disappearance of fat her in the
middle of fam ily m akes t he m ot her feels heavy in parenting. The m ot her is so irrit able w hen she sees her children doing a sm all m ist ake. Even m ot her w ill give
punishm ent both physical and psychological punishm ent t o the children. This condit ion causes child abuse. M oreover, t he Am erican societ y have individual
charact erist ic. They m ind their own home w ithout interfering others. In this case, t he neighbors see t he abuse in David’ s hom e but they do nothing. Because of
t his, the issue of child abuse rem inds high from year t o year. In economic aspect , the set t ing of time in the t rilogy is American societ y
faced recession. In recession, it was difficult to find job and the people lived in povert y. The difficult y in economic aspect can cause child abuse. Parent s can
ignore children’s needs such as food, clot h, m edicine or educat ion because t hey don’t have m oney. The t rilogy t ell about fat her’s job as a firem an w ho spends
almost his tim e for working; w hile m ot her is a housew ife w ho alm ost st ays at hom e w it hout earning money. In this case, mot her forget s David’s needs on food
and cloth. She also ignore about David’s heat h. Beside t hat , the depression of t he lack of money can encourage t he parent s’ em ot ional and they w ill be easy t o get
angry and hit the children. Similarly, m other almost hit s David because of t he depression.
The politic applied by goverment also cont ribut es t o child abuse. The goverm ent decides t o creat e w ar w hich causes t he recession and great
depression so the societ y get s difficult y in econom ic and increases st ress and em ot ionally hit children to pour out anger. Fro m t he set t ing of t im e, it w as
