An Apology Bjorn Skorgquist Analysis

However, for me, elementary school is a somewhat painful memory. Throughout most of my grade school years I was bullied–physically and verbally–almost everyday. The kids on the playground would exclude me, my “friends” would be my friends one day and not the next, and then there would be the days that they kicked me or hurt me in some form or fashion. Of course, looking back now, it seems like petty, childish games, but in the moment it was a huge blow to the fragile eight year old I was. It wasn’t all terrible, though. Before the bullying I was naive, quick to trust, and fragile. Afterwards though, from all these experiences I learned forgiveness, kindness, grace, and who to place my trust in. As I grew up, I swore I’d never treat anyone the way I had been treated and I wouldn’t stand for bullying; no child should have to experience that kind of emotional and physical

Sometimes, forgiveness is used as an excuse to make the mistakes conducted okay. Eventually, the ones that are forgiven take advantage of the idea of forgiveness. In the memoir, The Glass Castle, the protagonist, Jeannette Walls and her siblings face difficult situations where they're forced to accept and learn from a young age to forgive those who are responsible. Jeannette’s parents struggle with being strong and stable parents for their children, making mistakes that have consequences that affect not only themselves but also the the Walls children. Jeannette chooses to believe that by letting go of the grudges she holds about parent she can avoid a bitter life, even though it is her parents responsible for her pain. Through Jeannette Walls journey she is able to capture the hard reality of forgiveness.

The novels Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, authored by Matthew Quick and November 9, authored by Colleen Hoover, share similar themes and ideas despite their very different styles. Forgiveness is one common theme presented in the texts, shown through similar techniques of foregrounding through flashbacks, as well as other contrasting techniques. The theme of betrayal is shown through anecdote and emotive language in the novels. The importance of relationships is illustrated by Quick and Hoover, as each protagonist experiences an empty, isolated life. Quick and Hoover explore these issues in contrasting ways.*

In such a contrast the writer is criticising the submissiveness of the female population, and conveying the concept of fighting for your rights and defending your beliefs as does Cherie. Tiffany's boyfriend Ricko, who is the dominant male in the Blackrock youth group, clearly objectifies Tiffany through the symbolic use of his surfing trophy, representative of Tiffany, through his eyes she is just a trophy, just an object which he desired and thus conquered. Ricko's objectification of her is reinforced through the dialogue, "Once, for him and Jason...I'm not doing nothing like that ever again," to which Ricko replies ,"You'll do what you always do...Cause you are what you are. What you'll always be. So shut up and put out." Ricko's mind set and personality are evident through this cruel and contemptuous verbal abuse, which demonstrates his objectification of her, in that he only tolerates her for her body to satisfy his sexual lust and that she is useless in every other way to him. Tiffany's character was created by Enright to be a perfect example of female marginalisation and disempowerment, as she really has no power within the Blackrock community and even in her attempts to assume rapport she is rejected Her promiscuity is an attempt to gain status in the Blackrock community yet she is abused and objectified by her boyfriend Ricko and pushed even lower in social status(as a sex object), essentially the

In “To This Day … For the Bullied and the Beautiful”, Shane Koyczan gives an emotional testimony on his personal experiences with bullying. As a kid, Koyczan had many encounters with bullying, and dealt with constant harassment from other kids. Since he was a kid, Koyczan did not know how to overcome this torment, and had to deal with the pain it caused. Now an adult, Koyczan shares his story with others to prevent them from being in the same situation he was in (Koyczan). In addition, Koyczan shows his audience that self acceptance is one of the most important skills when it comes to overcoming bullying.

The interaction between the couple of people would have never happened if they didn’t take an interest in the gun that Pattyn was holding in her hand. Everyone, which includes of Brent, Melina, Justin and Derek were all having fun, but in the corner of their eyes they see Tiffany is acting like a total brat. “She shifted from foot to foot. C’mon, Justin.” (Hopkins 88) Tiffany was getting mad because Justin was too close to Pattyn. But honestly everyone else was having a good time and Justin wasn’t going to take as he said something rude to Tiffany. “Fuck you, bitch. This is fun.” (Hopkins 89) After a while, is when Derek started to flirt with her and after that everything became a roller coaster. Through sharing their first kiss to sharing their first out raged fight everything in between being Pattyn’s first time and personally I think it was with the wrong guy. She experienced sexual thoughts and she fell into a fascination that the love she had for Derek would be perfect. It was, till her broke up with her, and went back to Carmen. Pattyn ended up breaking a window and punching Carmen square in the nose. What a drama queen! I told myself while reading.

The poem Reality, by Xeson, brings up the topic of rape into a new light. A man comes up to the victim and realizes what he did was wrong. He tries his best to apologize but the damage has been done. Xeson talks about the effects of rape, how it impacts the victim to a point where a sorry just isn’t enough; “Saying sorry, isn't enough to say... didn't realize my actions were abusive” (Xeson).

When, Ruth tells Tommy Kathy thinks his art is a “complete hoot” she grows very angry, which is strange because she can usually understand why people do the things they do, or put herself in their shoes so to speak. This event emphasizes how important Kathy’s relationship with Tommy is to her.

Alyssa B. Sheinmel makes the theme that sometimes you have to forget and accept what has happened in your past clear throughout the novel.

Though we may say words don’t hurt us, they do in one form or another. By the middle of fourth grade instead of being known as the nice girl as I was in my old school, I became the outcast. It all began when one of the girls in my group had a comment about why I was in school when I could be doing her yard work. It was the furthermost embarrassing moment in my entire life, and while all the students laughed uncontrollably all I could do is hide my face in shame. This moment had sparked the never ending bullying that was my fourth and fifth-grade year. While walking the hallway’s boys would call me “illegal” and, of course, a “wetback”. Though I find it humorous now, this was undoubtedly the ultimate dilemma I faced living in Georgia. Two

There was one incident in middle school that I will never forget. After gym class one day in 7th grade, two kids came up to me and started calling me weird and annoying because of something I couldn’t control. I told them to go away, and this just made them insult me more, added fire to the flame. They kept going and going. When I finally got the courage to stand up to them and tell them that they’re not as cool as they think they are, one of them grabbed my arm as the other one punched me. I pushed them away from me as hard as I could, and tried to get away, but one of them came back, grabbed me, punched me square in the chest and knocked the wind out of me. I doubled over in pain as two gym teachers walked past. After a minute or two of them just standing there staring at me, I told them what happened, and they said “get up, boys will be boys.” I tried telling them that they were bullying me

‘They'd kick me in the back of the knees and give me small bruises or they tripped me.’ Fannon, who has a serious heart condition, would suffer attacks of rapid heartbeats after being bullied. Her grades dropped. She became withdrawn and had no friends. After school, she would lock herself in her room and cry. Fannon said teachers told her to ‘tough it out’ or to ‘just ignore it.’ She was too embarrassed to tell her parents, but she finally confided in her mother. Principals of her school say the complaints never reached them, but they admit that despite their anti-bullying policies, Fannon somehow fell through the cracks.’ Fannon isn’t alone. The same article tells the story of Chris Velasquez who was once beaten so badly he had to go to the emergency room, “‘They caught me in the stairwell and jumped me and I couldn't see anything,’ he recalled. ‘I had one kid punching me a lot of times in the face, and one just repeatedly hitting me in the back.’ Though the incident was reported to school authorities, Velasquez said the boys who beat him up were not even suspended. To deal with being bullied, some children seek revenge. Velasquez

Forgiving others who have hurt you in the past is a difficult process; This is shown in two perspectiveS offered in Redfern Now episode ‘Consequences’ (2013) and the short story ‘Under Skin, In Blood’ (2011) by Larissa Behrendt. ‘Consequences’ is centred around the protagonist, Mattie, who tries to seek retribution for the disasters that have happened because of her father at his funeral. ‘Under skin, In Blood’ centres around the protagonist Faye, who reminisces about the losses that has happened in her life. The two texts depicts protagonists who have suffered in the past and follow the journey of how they have recovered. However, a notable difference between the two protagonists is that Mattie from ‘Consequences’ has chosen to forgive

“What she has put him through is simply criminal in my book.” Quil grumbled while they carried another load of boxes from the office, setting them on the growing stack of files that his mother planned to purge, before plopping down on a stool in disgust, his ire growing at the continued physical and emotional abuse that Tiffany had subjected Embry to over the years. “She shouldn’t treat him this way; she’s nothing more than an abusive alcoholic who does not deserve to have Embry in her life.” Not only did the shifter in him clamber to protect his best friend, but this issue with Tiffany

Bullies in School Kathleen Berger 1 Bullying was once commonly thought to be an unpleasant but normal part of child's play, not to be encouraged, of course, but of little consequence in the long run. However, developmental researchers who have looked closely at the society of children consider bullying to be a very serious problem, one that harms both the victim and the aggressor, sometimes continuing to cause suffering years after the child has grown up. 2 One leading researcher in this area is Dan Olweus, who has studied bullying in his native country of Norway and elsewhere for twenty-five years. The cruelty, pain, and suffering that he has documented in that time are typified by the examples of Linda and Henry: Linda was systematically