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Examining The Life Of Bullying By Paul Langan

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When someone thinks of the phrase bullying it’s many thoughts that come to mind bullying can occur in a variety of forms some people deal with the means of cyber bullying some deal with first hand bullying, Emotional bullying, Physical bullying, Etc., and the list goes on most people view bullying as a horrible act by one individual on the other or a group of individuals acts upon one single person. People first thought when bullying occurs is the victim themselves but most people never think about the bully or what inspired the bully to commit the horrible acts that they did or what within the bully caused them to do so. Do bullies act out in such manners simply because they want to or do bullies inner anger to hurt someone physically or emotionally …show more content…

Darrel however after living in Philadelphia most of his life where he also had to deal with getting bullied but was lucky to have his friend mark have his back always. Is now moving away where he will soon find out that he no longer has no one to turn to when his back is against the wall he fears that a move to a new state will only lead to more bullying with the idea of being all alone this time around with no one to turn to for help. Darrel will soon find out his conspiracy will soon become a reality. The bully of the story Tyray is viewed as you're typical every day bully like most bully's Tyray hate spirals from jealousy, and anger, and he uses his size and strength to take out his anger on weaker guys like Darrel himself. Like some situations of bullying this story also evolves around the means of a relationship/love which sparks the anger from Tyray from the beginning when he see's Darrel with the girl he likes name Amber …show more content…

However, Amberlynn can’t control the actions that are going on about her between two people Amberlynn shows innocence the entire time throughout the story she never gets in between the two or tries to provoke violence between the two. She’s more like the angel stuck in a dark place between two wrongs but have no control over the outcome Amberlynn does however try to tell Tyray he should stop bullying Darrel but although she tried it ultimately did nothing Darrel would soon find out the only escape from his bully would be to take matters into his own hands. Darrel however is afraid to seek help or have Amberlynn intervene he does however eventually seek help from his teacher Mr. Mitchell ironically Mr. Mitchell knows how Tyray is treating Darrel and instead of helping him he advices Darrel to read the novel The Hatchet by: Gary Paulsen. Darrel however is reluctant to read the book and thinks to himself that the book can do nothing for him Darrel continues to ponder and think what he should do he even considers turning back to Amberlynn for advice or help but he only thinks that would make him look weak little kid everyone views him as (Teen Ink). Amberlynn basically turns out to be the center piece that is sparking the trouble but can’t stop what is going on

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