I am having trouble coming up with a thesis statement for A Child Called "IT".I am reading on how to come up with a thesis that need three main...

A thesis statement is the main idea of what a paper is
about. Typically, this statement allows a reader of the paper to know exactly what the
paper is going to say without having to reader the paper at
all.

Before writing your paper, you need to know exactly
what type of paper you are going to be writing. The three main types of essays are
analytical (used to break down ideas and evaluate them), an expository (where one
explains something to an audience), and a argumentative (where you present your argument
on a given topic).

Examples of each, in regards to "A Child
Called It" would be:

Analytical: David's life held many
challenges. One would describe the challenges that David faced as a result of living in
an abusive home.

Expository: David Pelzer was an abused
child whose abuse was horrific. One would be explaining David's life as one as an abused
child.

Argumentative: David Pelzer did not deserve the life
he lived as a child. One would take a stand on a point they believed to be true about a
work. (Unfortunately, this would not be a good essay given many people would already
agree with your stand. A more aggressive paper would state that David deserved the abuse
that he suffered from at the hand of his mother. This being said, a thesis like this
could be offensive to readers and the writer would never be able to persuade the
audience.)

To create a thesis statement for the novel, one
could consider the things that David had to do to survive. David had to steal food so as
not to starve. Also, David had to hide the truth about his abuse so as not to be abused
more. Lastly, David had to be strong (physically and mentally) so as to be able to
survive the abuse.

These supporting ideas would lead the
essay to be one of an expository nature. You, as the writer, would be explaining what it
took for David to survive his childhood of abuse.