Linus: A Short Story

I would let them know that it is not acceptable in any way to bully anyone, and make sure he is held accountable for his actions. He needs to learn the skills of compromising and sharing. He should also learn how to treat others with respect and ask him how he would feel if he was the one getting bullied instead.

In more information this means that I can relate myself in that situation. I can relate that standing up to bullies always does help to gain freedom from bullying. For example, just because of one lie by the other person caused a great mess between others. My personal experience includes me, the bully and both of our mothers. The bully lied to her mother which caused a whole mess between me and the bullies friendship. The bully was friends at first, but turned into a bully in the end. In the end I stood up by smiling and being soft spoken to annoy the

In a time never given, a young girl suffers from Porphyria, and goes through a journey of self-discovery and acceptance in the short story, Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood. The reader never learns the narrator's name, and she is only known as Lusus Naturae, which translates into freak of nature. Diagnosed by a foreign doctor, the young girl seems to be forever cursed and becomes a burden to her family and shame to her village. Throughout the story, Atwood uses different forms of figurative language-such as symbolism and irony- and the first person narrative to portray the theme of how self-discovery can be an independent, and lifelong journey.

Did you know that it’s estimated that about 50% of refugees are under the age of 18? In the autobiography, Of Beetles & Angels by Mawi Asgedom, Mawi and his siblings came to America when they were under the age of 18 fitting the statistic. The book, Of Beetles & Angels is about a young boy’s journey from a refugee camp in Sudan who then comes to America, and then finally goes to Harvard. Mawi overcomes his obstacles and builds a successful life for himself. Growing up as a refugee in America Mawi encountered the obstacles of poverty, bullying and death.

sulfuric acid, and after taking a deep breath, he thought that his nose hairs were on fire.

It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. I didn't do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn't done that one if I'd a knowed it would make him feel that way.”

"You aren't really a nigger-lover, then, are you?"

Everyone has been bullied at least once in their life. But not many are willing to admit to being the bully. Most stories about bulling come from the perspective of the victim, but with a good reason: it’s hard to admit to once being a jerk.

I confronted the bully and asked him to please stop teasing a certain person. Next, after I saw the bully continue to tease this person, I talked to this person about how they feel. When this person said they did not like what the bully was saying, but was scared to say anything, I confronted a teacher. The teacher then talked to the bully, but the bully was just angered even more. He continued to bully this certain person, but this time on text. I particularly do not like these types of bullies because they hide behind a screen and cannot even confront someone. I then took to step to tell a trusted adult, yet again, about this bully. The teacher then confronted the bully and punished for what he did. This particular bully was stopped that day and was looked at differently for a long time. Nobody liked him for awhile and he learned his lesson. He never bullied again and people forgave what he did. He later became a good friend of

“Why did you have to steal the serum, look where it has gotten you.” he said

"You bastard! You drugged me didn't you? I can't believe it!" I yell at him in sheer horror, perhaps a bit too surprised.

I cupped his mouth with my palm. Only silence would speak for this man. I cleared my throat.

"She said she never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss a nigger. She says what her papa do to her don't count."

“...and I see that you are still bringin’ that scrawny “friend” of yours.” he said Now I just don’t understand why you little white girl should be hangin’ out with that li’ black fool”

Besides there are some people that are very shy and won’t speak back, but there are also very bright and confident people that will talk back to the bully. I don’t think that the victim is the only one that will learn something from this, but i also think that the bully could learn from this too. They could learn that bullying someone and hurting someone is not ever