t he social background of Am erican societ y at t he end of the t went iet h century, and som e books about Child Abuse t heory and Sociological theory. The m et hod
t o analyze t he dat a is descript ive analysis.
C. M ain Finding
In t his st udy, the researcher analyzes t he t rilogy using Sociological approach. Sociological approach analyzes hum an in societ y by w hich the process
comes from a societ y t o an individual. The w rit er analyzes t he t rilogy t hrough t he Sociological approach because she finds t hat the st ory in t he books has a
correlat ion t o t he theory of sociology and t he social background of Am erican societ y in t he lat e t w ent iet h cent ury. The analysis is brokendown into som e
aspect s namely social, econom y, polit ic, religion, culture, and science and t echnology.
1. Social Aspect
Dave Pelzer’s t rilogy A Child Called It , The Lost Boy and A M an Named Dave
reflect t he social aspect s of Am eri can societ y in the lat e t w ent iet h century. The aspect s contain t he social st ruct ure, the social
st at us and the social relat ionship. The social st ructure of Am erican societ y consist s of three nam ely
higher class, m iddle class, and low er class. How ever, t he author doesn’t m ent ion the higher, m iddle, or low er class in the t rilogy. There is only
one st at em ent t hat David’ s family is whit e. The family is reflect ed as Brady Bunch of the 1960 whet her Brady Bunch is w hit e. The Am erican
people judge t hat w hit e people are higher than t he black and the other. In t he years before I w as abused, my fam ily w as the “ Brady
Bunch” of the 1960s ACCI: 15. In addit ion, the societ y differenciat es fost er children from
com mon children. Fost er children are lower t han common children.
They are being hum iliat ed because t hey are being t hrown aw ay by their own family. The Am erican societ y underest imat ed on fost er care.
David, I don’t know why it is, but for som e reason a great deal of individuals look down on fost er care TLB: 124.
The social st atus of societ y is divided int o three: rich, m iddle and poor. In t he side of social st at us, most of t he social st at us of the
charact ers are m iddle. It can be seen from t he job of t he charact ers, such as secret ary, school nurse, t he principal M r Hansen, t he t eacher
M iss Woods, M r Ziegler and M rs. W oodw orth, police officer Sm it h, firem an St ephen Joseph, et c.
M y fat her, St ephen Joseph, support ed his fam ily as a firem an, working in the heart of San Francisco ACCI: 15.
In the side of social relat ionship, the charact ers have a family relat ionship because it is mentioned in the novels about father, m other,
brother, grandm other, aunt and uncle. They live as nuclear family t hat consist s of a m arried couple w ith a number of children. They don’t st ay
w ith ext ended family like grandmother, uncle and aunt. The relat ionship am ong family m embers w as go od before. They
lived happily. Then, t he at titut e of David’s mother changed as she frequently consum ed alcohol. The w orst t hing was t hat David had no
longer becom e a part of the fam ily. He w as not allow ed to have eat en t oget her w it h fam ily, to have sleep in a nice bed, t o have a rest in
bathroom , or to have fun in picnic. He w as nobody, he w as called it . You are a nobody An It You are nonexist ent You are a
bast ard child I hat e you and I wish you w ere dead Dead ” ACCI: 82
In addition, t he relat ionship bet ween David’s fam ily and neighbor w as not good. M other seldom visit ed neighbor. She and her children
spent almost t heir t ime at home. M oreover, t he people w ere individual w ho only minded their ow n home.
