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In John Cloud’s essay “The Myths of Bullying” he talks about the reaction that schools and states have to bullying. Cloud expresses his concerns for bullying and also explains the steps that people are taking to help prevent it. He explains that most of the systems used now are not effective and are making school’s waste money. He then provides his own opinion on how bullying should be approached in school systems. Cloud’s essay not only tries to persuade the reader to his cause but he uses literary elements such as bathos and logos to appeal to and draw in the reader.

To begin this essay, it is essential to define some key terms. The Nature-Nurture debate argues whether our behaviour is as a result of our biology (such as our genes or neurochemistry), or if our behaviour arises from learning from others. For the purpose of this essay, a bully is defined as “a person who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten people who are weaker” (Oxford Student’s dictionary, 2007). It is essential to investigate why bullying occurs and how to prevent it as bullies as well as their victims are likely to develop mental health problems. Children and adolescents who bully often develop increased levels of negative mental health outcomes in adulthood, as shown in Copeland, Wolk & Angold et al’s (2013) study; 9.4%

In Bully, Lee Hirsch focuses on five different families in four different states that are have specific situations that have to do with bullying. It is clear that the subject is the movement to abolish bullying, but the speaker of the movie can be broad. In Bully, Lee Hirsch uses as rhetorical questions and imagery  as well as appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos. In Bully, Hirsch uses rhetorical questions throughout the movie to provoke the emotions of the viewers, which forces the audience to reflect on the cause of bullying.  It also makes the audience associate themselves to the victims of bullying and ask themselves what they would do in that situation. Overall, strengthening Hirsch's argument that bullying is a universal issue and it needs to be recognize our actions as a society and accept everyone for who they

Bullying has been a social problem for decades. Bullying started out with name calling, but today bulling comes in different forms. You find bullying in schools, texts, and social media to name a few. The following information provided in this research paper discusses the history of bullying and how the history has shaped bullying today. The paper will provide informative background information about bullying and the definition of bullying. This paper will discuss the roles and skills of the human service professional that works with the population that is affected by the social problem.

When in the course of human events, it becomes imperative to shake off the bands of repeated name-callings and falsely given identities which have been connected for so long, and to assume that the playing field is once again even, giving your undivided attention and respect to the opinions of the unheard and abandoned as they state why they have decided to stand up against the bullying and how they plan to write how to isolate themselves from bullying altogether.

The Bully Pulpit: A Critical Analysis Essay In Rachel Giese’s essay “Bully Pulpit”, she discusses the dangers of anti-bullying madness on children. Giese argues that society’s main priority should be to understand what motivates bullying and to lower the extremity of punishments related to it. She believes the precautions being made to prevent and deal with bullying have a more negative impact on children than the bullying itself. The author’s hypothesis is effectively proven through her use of concrete facts and examples, but also somewhat one-sided.

Conformity: Jailer and Enemy John F. Kennedy once said, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” (“John F. Kennedy”). This quote is most definitely true for any type of society. Whether it is the society in which John F. Kennedy lived in, present-day society, or the society that can be read about in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. In this novel, the characters have no other choice than to conform to the society in which they inhabit.

Over three million students are victims of bullying every year. Bullies deal a lot of pain to their victims. There are multiple kinds of bullying and there are also different effects. Between the two stories, “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury and “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson bullying is shown in different forms while also having different consequences. In Jackson’s story, the bullying has a much greater impact because it hurts a whole community unlike Bradbury’s story which is targeted to one character.

“The target stands out to the bully as different in some way that the bully perceives as a weakness, and that the bully appears to despise.” (4)

The genre is a poem by Lexi Watson, a young girl, titled “I Am...”. In her poem she talks about bullying happening to children. She describes how she feels when she sees kids getting bullied, and she repeats I am an Inquirer and Confident saying she isn’t afraid to stand up against a bully. The issue this poem relates to is bullying. Bullying occurs often in the book Speak and Melinda is the victim. She is constantly bullied by a lot of people especially at school where she is bullied: ignored, pushed, shoved. Some of the bullies are even her old friends.

She describes that confronting the bully, by fightback, sharing with friend and family for intervention, are different strategies used by victims. In some case the victim is unable to equalize this power over the bully. Which can prolong, ongoing humiliation dealing with issues, such as divorce in the family, drastic learning disabilities, as well as chronic illness potently can cause a breaking point. Having low self-esteem, depression, and suicidal and homicidal ideations. Some victims carry the hurt of bullying into adulthood. More or less victims tend to lose faith in other people for comfort and support. She contends “the adverse social and emotional consequences of bullying victimization do not support the idea that bullying builds character. Victimization may build character for a tiny proportion of the population.” (Kuykendall 2012). Bullying for the most part can be traumatic and painful should not be silently approved. Bullies hold social power than the victims. However attacks arise from frustration. Provocative victims are typically sincerely sorry and very apologetic after an attack, a reflection of genuine or low self-esteem. True bullies consume high self-esteem.

The article discusses how we put too much stereotype into our view of a bully. We usually make the bully out to be this victim that comes from a broken home and have self esteem issues. But, according to the psychologist this is all a myth. The bully is usually happy coming from a good home and has very high self esteem. That we should stop looking at the bully as this helpless little boy/guy and start looking at the bully as who they really are.

Imagine the archetypal bullying scene: the bully, with a controlling and self-assured presence, looms over a defeated and abject victim. Not every instance of bullying follows this quintessential pattern- with the widespread usage of social media, a physical presence is no longer the only way to intimidate and harass a victim- but every scene has one aspect in common: the shadows lingering in the background. These shadows are bystanders, the silent spectators of bullying. They watch it unfold on their Twitter feeds or in the crowded hallways and do nothing to stop it.

You discuss the idea of bullying as a critical point. I think that could be a critical point that Dr. Neff mentioned, although, the way I took it was that bullying was a consequence of self-esteem. I don’t necessarily agree with bullying being a critical point. Dr. Neff mentioned that bullying and narcissism are a growing epidemic in the world due to the idea that we need to have high self-esteem. In order to gain more self-esteem, we believe we need to tear people down to build ourselves up. She states in the video that a person with high self-esteem gets it from believe they are special and above average. When a person has this mindset, they see others as not as good as them. This doesn’t help their self-esteem, but does the opposite.

Every day, millions of people wake up afraid of bullies. Bullying can happen anywhere, anytime. Bullying is a big issue these days, and bullies’ actions are very unpredictable. No one knows who a bullies’ next target might be and what their reasoning is. Today, bullying can be considered more extreme than it was even ten years ago, with the advent of the internet and resulting cyber-bullying. Many celebrities and organizations are speaking out for the cause, warning others about the dangers of bullying and the sometimes-fatal consequences.