For this week’s discussion on rhetorical situations, I chose Barbara Coloroso’s excerpt, “The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander.” I felt that this excerpt was directed to an audience of adults who blow bullying off as just a normal part of growing up for children. As stated in the text, “adults have been known to minimize or dismiss the bullying… (11).” A question I would like to know from the author is her purpose for discussing this subject? After reading the excerpt I feel her purpose is to bring awareness to the seriousness of bullying and its effects. I feel that she does this by opening with statistics taken directly from children, of all age ranges, who have been victims of bullying. This allows the audience to see that bullying