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How Did Hannah Baker Struggles To Face Bullying Alone

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One out of four kids are bullied in school. You never know who could be the next target. Bullying is using superior strength or influence to intimidate someone, and to force him or her to do what one wants. In Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why Hannah Baker struggles to face bullying alone. What made Hannah’s case special type of bullying where the only one who knew about it was her, not even the bullies knew that there were causing her pain. When people finally realized that something was wrong with Hannah it was already too late. Many kids go through Hannah’s experience and feel to shy or embarrassed to tell anyone about it, causing him or her to go through this alone and sometimes give up.
When I was in the sixth grade I thought that my school had no bullying. I assumed that since I wasn’t being bullied then no one was, but it’s hard to be aware of things when you don’t actually see them. One day I was in the hallway talking to my friends when a group of seventh graders gathered around a boy, who was in sixth grade. They were standing in a circle surrounding him making fun of him and when he tried to stand up to them the biggest kid pulled down the sixth graders pants. It was the first time I had ever witnessed bullying and as a sixth grader I was very scared. …show more content…

Honestly I froze, but when I finally came to I asked myself what would I want someone to do for me if I was in that position. My answer then was simple I would want them to help me, but at the time I felt helpless and I did not want to be the target until I finally took a stand. I decided to go get a teacher. At first I was actually embarrassed because I didn’t want to be known as the tattletale. Now I really don’t care because it was the right thing to do and I am proud of myself for doing

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