Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer Summary and Analysis

In the fifth grade, Dave began to believe there was no God for him. Dave began to hate everyone around him, his mother, his brothers who had begun to bully him, and his father for leaving him. The only person Dave truly loved was his baby brother, Kevin, whose baby charms had him under his spell. Imagination was something Dave no longer indulged in. Desperation for food led Dave to eat out of the dog dishes after the dogs had finished, another act that took away any self respect he might have had left. The person Dave hated the most was himself.

School had stopped being a refuge to Dave. Since Mother forced him to go to school in dirty, smelly clothing, the other kids would tease and torture Dave. One boy constantly beat him...