...bullying, it informed me that bullying is more than what the eye sees, throughout most of my film production there is bullying featured. For this investigation I analysed three pieces of text, two newspaper articles and one movie. What I discovered was that most representations of bullying are verbal, physical and physiological bullying. However there are some exceptions to this in the film catfish where most of the interactions are done through social media. I research a lot of ways of how bullying is acted around us for example verbal, physical and physiological bullying are the main types. To display what I have learnt and show my knowledge of representations in the media of bullying I decided to produce a short film to show different aspects of bullying, using my investigation to help me to conform to the typical representations of bullying in this day and age. I took inspiration from different anti-bullying campaigns videos and pictures on the internet where the bully is shown to be bigger and stronger than the victim; therefore I took the same approach to my short film that I produced. I used the different types of bullying within my film with the bully shown to be angry and telling the victim what to do then the bully follows the victim around and eventually leading to the bully using physical actions to hurt the victim. In many of the different video’s I viewed on various websites they were all trying to tackle bullying many within the children to teenage category this...
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...“She shall not be moved” The short story by Shereen Pandit “She shall not be moved” is about a Somali woman sitting in a bus with her little daughter, with them in the bus there are sitting two elder white women. The two elder women are sitting in the pram space in the bus, and the white elder women are pretending that they haven’t seen the Somali woman and her child. In another seat there is sitting a woman with her child and the woman is the narrator of the story. The narrator tries to make the two white and elder women move away from their seats so the Somali woman can sit there with her babies, but the two elder women won’t move away from their seats and pretends that they did not see the Somali woman and her babies. The driver of the bus is a black man, and he starts to yell at the Somali woman because she is standing in the aisle and because she is not sitting on the seats. The two elder white women are saying a lot of racist words and express their racism towards the Somali woman. The Somali woman does not do anything or say something to the two elder white women, but the narrator is feeling a little bit guilty. She is feeling guilty because she did not help the Somali woman even thou she has taught her daughter to stand against such things in life. She is telling the Somali woman to report the bus driver but she does not want to report him, but instead call him a ‘slave’. The narrator of the story is kind towards the elder white women and she asks them to move to the...
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...Sticks and Stones af Trezza Azzopardi The main theme in the short story is bullying. The short story is questioning what the consequences with bullying are and what the consequences of bullying can have, to the adult life. As a child Lewis was a victim for two bullies, the most of his childhood he spent looking over his shoulder. Now where he is a witness to the bullying of Paul Fry, his old inner demons are coming up again. When Lewis tries to help Paul Fry it fails, he tries to help by writing notes about what he has seen and by going to the headmaster. When it fails for Lewis, it sends him into to something similar to a depression. He escapes from his life as a teacher and as a boyfriend to Anna, he turns back to his childhood home to live with his mother and try to fight back the inner demons and dreams about his childhood problems. The short story is told in an omniscient third person narrator and it is through Lewis’ point of view we see the events in the short story. We get Lewis’ thoughts and feelings through the omniscient narrator, the rest of the story is told by Lewis’ perspective. Lewis is an English teacher and he lives with his girlfriend, Anna, in the middle of England. We hear about Lewis’ adult life in the short story, but also his childhood story. We will have to understand his childhood story, if we do not understand his childhood story, we will not understand his adult life either. His whole life his mother had told him that if something goes wrong...
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...BULLYING A bully is a person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people, according to Merriam-Webster. The example of a bully has since evolved from the 1950’s Walt Disney version of the big, tall fat kid who goes around terrorizing the other ten year olds. The new aged bully no longer steals your lunch money, pushes you around and calls you names, now it’s far more psychological than it appears. But what are the affects that a bully has on the person that they harass and push around. The story we always hear is the bully will eventually get what’s coming to them and the defenseless kid rides happily off into the sunset. Is that true and is that what really happens? Reports have shown that 77% of students have reported being bullied in school and in fact an estimated 160,000 students miss school each day for the fear of being bullied. When your child comes running home from school upset that one of the bullies at school has been picking on him, as a parent your first initial react could be that your child may just need to ignore him or your other reaction to the situation could be that you’d like to go up to the school and talk with the teacher or principal. The proper way psychologist say you should react to speaking with your child is to try to be empathetic and ask them, “What do you think might help?” This will help make your child feel that everything is fine and that the problem will be addressed and give them a feeling of reassurance...
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...environmental issues and the preservation of nature. This book can certainly be characterized as an adventurous coming of age story centered in a moral dilemma about the preservation of wildlife. The setting is the current decade in Florida as a family moves an adolescent boy from Montana. The protagonist is a young boy, Roy, who has moved many times in his short life and is defined as the eternal new kid. This always leads to him becoming a prime target of a school bully. As the story begins, Roy is being bullied on the bus when he sets his eyes on a boy about his age wearing no shoes running away from the school bus. Roy is immediately struck with curiosity and empathy for this mystery boy and the reader is officially hooked. Dana, the big kid bully senselessly antagonizes Roy both verbally and physically. Roy deals with his fear in a very logical way. In the opening chapter he states, “Fighting back would have been a complete waste of time”. Very early on Roy does make his first friend “Beatrice the Bear” who consistently steps into block Dana the big kid bully. Then, Beatrice’s brother “Mullet” befriends Roy and also protects him. Roy later discovered that, Mullet turns out to be the barefoot running boy just released from military school. He confides to Roy that he has run away from his abusive parents. On one of the morning school bus rides, Dana the Bully grabbed Roy from behind and choked him. Roy was very afraid and reasoned that he could not fight on the bus, but chose...
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...intimidation, and physical or emotional trauma, and is present no matter the age, race, gender, religion, or culture. Although society has seen the ever growing epidemic of bullying in school aged children, the argument of the damaging and everlasting psychological effects that bullying has on the victims are not always talked about or analyzed to show how the victimization impacts the child for much longer than just their childhood. This paper will analyze the long term damaging effects that bullying had on its school aged victims, while looking at the implications for therapists treating the victims, the therapeutic aspects related to bullying, and how the use of therapy can lessen the long term effects that bullying will have on the bullies and their victims. Although, there may not be a complete solution to bullying itself, there is a solution that will limit some of the damaging done to a person from victimization of bullying, by implementing anti-bullying programs in the school systems, and using therapists for all children involved to help the children process their thoughts, feeling, and emotions that stem from bullying. There are many different forms of bullying that school aged children are faced with. There is face-to-face bullying in school and out of school, and then there is what is known as cyberbullying, bullying that is sent through technology devices such as computers, cell phones, or any other form of technology that has access to the internet and...
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...2 Block 1 January 29, 2013 All Summer in a Day 1) At the Beginning of the story how did the students feel? Find two details from the story the prove your thought. Explain. All of the children were extremely excited for the sun to come. They knew it only happened once every seven years. The last time almost everyone saw the sun was when they were two years old and don’t remember anything about it or what if felt like, or looked like. They believed the rain would stop and they could finally see the sun. 2) Explain how Margot’s experience of the sun is different from the experience of all of the other children on Venus. Find at least one specific detail to explain. Margot has a different experience with the sun, because she was born on Earth and brought to Venus later in her life, all the other kids had been born there. So Margot had seen the sun every day until she was around four years old. For Example, “...She remembered the sun and the way the sun was and the sky was when she was four in Ohio. And they, they had been on Venus all their lives, and they had only been two years old when the last sun came out...” She had been able to see and feel the sun for four years of her life while all the other kids only saw it and felt it for one hour seven years ago. She is the only one who knows and remembers what it looks and feels like. 3) What Point is made about Margot when the story says that rain had “washed the blue from her eyes” and “the red form her mouth”...
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...cf Of Mice and Men The novella “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck teaches a lot about human behavior. We learn that each character’s past experiences, attitude, emotion, and their authority all have a great affect on the way they behave. The whole concept of human behavior is what ties together the themes of this short novel. Some of these themes include the impossibility of achieving the American dream, loneliness vs. companionship, and the predatory nature of human existence. Throughout the story these are reoccurring themes that are vital to comprehending the story. The theme of the impossibility of achieving the American dream is a huge part of the story. Many of the characters did not end up where they wanted to be in life. Some of them include Crooks, Curley’s wife, Lennie, and George. Crooks, the black ranch hand, is unable to reach his dreams because of his race. He is segregated from the other men and is viewed differently also because of his crooked back. He wants to be accepted by the others because he feels so alone that it drives him mad. Curley’s wife is also unable to reach her American dream because of her mother, along with her husband. She has dreamt of being an actress for a very long time and because of her mother is unable to move away in order to achieve her goals. Her husband holds her back because he could care less about her; he just wants to be able to show her off, to him she is just a trophy wife. Curley’s wife also tries to...
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...I Spy by Graham Greene is a short novel about Charlie Stowe. Charlie Stowe is a 12-year-old boy living with his mother during the war. His Father is absent and is described a ‘wraith’. The story revolves around Charlie stealing cigarettes from his Father’s shop and the feelings this stirs up in him. He is a good boy but bullying at school has driven him to do something that is wrong and against the law. The story looks at Charlie’s fear, and his relationship with his Father and Mother. It looks at how we decide what is right and wrong in a world where this is no longer clear. The story starts with Charlie lying awake at night listening to the wind and waves. He is full of fear at what he feels he has to do. He is the only boy at school who does not smoke and is being mocked by other boys because of this. He waits until his mother is asleep ‘ ……could hear behind his mother’s snores………..’ to creep downstairs into his Father’s tobacconist’s shop to steal cigarettes. Before he can do this, he hears his Father’s voice along with two other men. Charlie ‘cowers into the darkness’ of the shop and prays he is not found. He is full of fear. He hears his Father ask the men if they want some cigarettes but they reply that they shouldn’t as they are on duty. His Father goes on to say he does not wish to wake the family, when they offer him the chance to speak to his wife ‘never do today what you can put off till tomorrow’. His father reaches for his coat and leaves with the men. Charlie...
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...Bullies Behind Bars Creating and Enforcing Bullying Laws in the United States ENG120 Abstract In the past decade there have been a growing number of teenage suicide attempts and successes. Many of these come from some form of bullying and harassment in our schools. Bullies leave scars on our children that last long into their adulthood; if they are lucky enough to make it to adulthood. This behavior has long been accepted as “boys will be boys.” Well boys are no longer boys and girls are sometimes more cruel than boys. It’s time we as parents and adults tell these bullies that their behavior has consequences and we as a society will no longer accept their behavior. Creating and Enforcing Bullying Laws in the United States. After my parents split up, life as I had known it for 9 years had changed. My father was gone and we were now living in a small apartment and my mother was on food stamps. I didn’t get my clothes from the store any longer. My clothes came from the church and lots of kids in school let me know it every day. I was called poor, told I was wearing others trash, called names and even tripped a few times. It only lasted a month or so, and then they moved on to the next one and left me alone. Today the bullies are going worldwide on the web. They are harassing you until you want to crawl in a hole and die and unfortunately some do just that. I was fortunate that my bullying experience was short lived, but it never left my mind. When I had my daughter...
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...with a fondness for telling stories and for writing. He has a very complicated relationship with his father. His father doesn’t appreciate his young son’s talent for writing. Following the death of his football-star older brother Denny in a jeep accident young Gordie feels rejected by his father and invisible to his mother. Gordie did not have a strong relationship with his older brother. Witch contradicts the movie (Stand by Me) by portraying Denny as paying much more attention to Gordie than his parents. Gordie spends his free time with his three best friends: Chris Chambers who is from a family of criminals, alcoholics, and is usually stereotyped accordingly; even though he does not conform to the perceptions and stigmas attached to his family. Teddy Duchamp who is a peculiar and emotionally unstable boy after his mentally unhinged father held his ear to a stove, nearly burning it off. And Vern Tessio, who is overweight, timid, and often on the receiving end of a good hearted joke or two. While looking for a jar of pennies that Vern himself had buried underneath the porch and forgotten where he did so, he overhears his older brother and his friend Charlie Hogan discussing what to do after they had discovered Ray Brower's dead body while dumping a stolen car. After seeing the dead boy Charlie believes it to be a train accident. Ray Brower was a young boy whose death and subsequent police search has created an intensely followed news story in the little town of Castle...
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...with a weapon. (ProQuest Staff) This shows there is a need for change in society. A parent guardian as well as a student would want to be able to go to school in a secure environment for learning, but is that really how schools are today? Anyone can be a bully; classmates, administrators, school bus drivers, and even family members. Being a bully can be triggered by a desire to seem cool or to show social dominance. It can also be a ploy to hide your own low self-esteem and a need for approval from your peers. Bullying may start at home; family dynamics help bred bullies. An adult who will usual give birth and raise children that will bully. The last dynamic problem of what may create a bully is American culture; hostile music and movies and the focus on excellence and achievement that ignores the greater good of man. Bullying is dangerous; emotionally, psychologically and sometimes physically. It is intentional, it is repetitive, and it is negative and intended to hurt someone. II. Historical Background Approximately bullying started showing a lot in school campuses around the early 1900’s and has only progressed. In the 1990’s extreme violence started to show at Columbine High School in Colorado on April 20, 1999. Two boys planned to kill hundreds of their...
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...and Huffington Post writer, Kumaran Chanthrakumar, “Hundreds of millions of dollars have been devoted to bullying prevention, with $132 million devoted by the government, under the U.S. Education Department's "Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students" program.” (Chanthrakumar, 2014) But according to the National Bullying Prevention Center, “One-third of all school-aged children are bullied each year…” From these two previous evidences, one may start to think; “Are schools really doing enough to stop bullying?” According to evidence, no, schools are not doing enough to stop bullying. Even after 132 million dollars devoted to bringing bullying to an end, schools have failed to effectively and efficiently use that money. This essay will cover three points of interest that show that schools aren’t doing enough about bullying. These points include the lack of education given to students, the fact that many students have committed suicide, and the lack of understanding or care that...
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...The Swan The Swan is about two boys named Ernie and Raymond who like to bully a boy named Peter Watson. They give Peter a hard time and put him through many dangerous ordeals. Characters There are three main characters in The Swan: Ernie, Raymond, and Peter. Ernie is portrayed as an evil and cruel boy who treats everyone badly and as an extremely violent person. Raymond is portrayed as cruel, like Ernie. Peter is portrayed as a boy who does well in school, and enjoys nature. Peter is also quiet and polite, loves music, and plays the piano well. He is also brave. Plot The Swan is a short story about Ernie and his friend Raymond who like to bully Peter Watson. Ernie gethis fifteenth birthday. His dad tells him to go kill some rabbits for supper. Ernie agrees, goes outside, and whistles for his friend Raymond to come outside. Raymond comes and they both shoot birds while heading to the rabbit field. When they get to the railway line they see Peter Watson, a boy whom they often bully. As a joke, Ernie and Raymond go over to Peter and point the gun at him and say, “Hands up!” Then, Raymond decides to tie Peter up on the railway tracks. Miraculously, Peter survives when the train comes over him by sinking into the ballast just barely enough so the train won’t hit him. Next, the two boys decide to throw Peter in the lake with his hands still tied. When they get to the lake, Ernie spots a duck on the lake and decides to shoot it instead. After he kills it, he orders...
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...everyone in the world should be able to raise their hand if a person were to ask if they had been bullied before in their lifetime. As the internet progressed to the way it has today, a new outlet for bullies to target their victims formed: Cyber Bullying. Social media has contributed many positives to today's society, yet one of the biggest downfalls of the internet was the creation of social networking sites. Many can argue that the internet is not the only cause, yet it is very prominent in situations of cyber bullying incidents. School has been thought of to be a safe environment for students who receive education. Bullying and Cyber-Bullying is a problem that tends to undermine the learning ability of an individual student. Cyber bullying is described as a sort of method of intimidation targeted at youths who use or have the capability to access any electronic devices, said Courtney Stoel. Traditional face to face bullying has taken on a new direction into the world of technology. More social networking sites have the ability to choose the option to become anonymous which creates an outlet to cyber-bullying. Becoming anonymous creates more cyber-bullies since they tend to express what they have to say without acknowledging their identity which creates a safe place for the bullies themselves. As more of the youth in today's society have been affected by cyber-bullying, school performance is at an all time low. Technology is always a resource around people, causing an easy access...
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