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"My body shakes like jello and i mumble like a baby"
This quotes shows how scared David was when he thought Mr. Hansen was going to call his mother again. I think it's a good logical comparison because jello shakes and ripples throughout, and when he says he mumbles like a baby you can really tell just how scared he was to the point where he's not making sense.

With the fitful sleep came a dreadful dream of sheets of red, hot rain. I tried wiping the blood off my body only to find it quickly covered again. the next morning I stared at my hands which were crusted with dried blood. The shirt covering my chest was red. I could feel the dried blood on parts of my face" This quote from the book shows just how much blood seeped from David's wound that he actually dreamed of it.

“Please,” I say to myself,
“just let me eat. Hit me again, but I have to have food.”
This dialogue shows how broken David is and how much his mother starved him to the point that he will take any beating just to get food.