Ot her t im es I’d happily st at e, “ I’m a fost er child” I w as proud to be a m em ber of my new family. I began t o repeat
t his saying unt il one day one of t he older foster children pulled m e aside at school, w arning m e not t o tell anyone
“ w hat ” I w as because “ a lot of folks don’t like our kind.” TLB: 50
In social fact s, American used t o drink alcohol. People used to keep t heir problems wit hout sharing and solving them. They alw ays ran
away from t heir problem s by drinking alcohol and they didn’ t t ry t o solve t he problem s. Therefore, drinking alcohol is a cust om and
becom es t he habit of American societ y. Am erican t radition to celebrat e Holy Days is also reflect ed in t he
nbook A Child Called it . David’s fam ily used t o celebrat e Thanksgiving, Christ m as, and Hallow een.
That year Thanksgiving dinner w as a flop. In som e kind of gest ure of good faith, M ot her allow ed me t o eat at t he t able
w ith t he family ACCI: 87-88.
Physical fact appears in t he novel t hat is lit erat ure. David m ent ions in the t hird book A M an Named Dave t hat he w rot e A Child Called it and
The Lost Boy .
In the fall of 1992, while doing a series of fact checks for A Child Called “ It ” , AM ND: 229-230
6. Science and Technology Aspect
Twent iet h cent ury was a t im e t hat st art ed w ith horses, simple autom obiles, and freight er but ended with luxury sedans, cruise ships,
airlines and space shut tle. In addition, mass m edia, t elecom unicat ions and information t echnology m ade t he w orld’ s know ledge m ore widely
available t o people. It is shown in Pelzer’s t rilogy from what t he charact ers had and did in the st ory of A Child Called It , The Lost Boy and
A M an Named Dave .
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
