¶ … Brainstorming The idea that I am brainstorming is the idea of a bully who pushes his weight around and says cruel things at the drop of the hat. This will be the starting point. However, through the feedback from others and the isolation that is encountered as a result of the bullying, including a pivotal point that is the climax of the story, the bully will realize just how caustic and vile they are acting and will try to change for the better. The bully redeeming one's self is obviously not going to be automatic as people will be leery of the bully because of his prior actions and changing one's personality so completely and so quickly can be disorienting and it can take a lot of adjustment. The lesson topics is whether or why people trust others, why people bully others and how hard it can be to change perceptions of others, victims of bullies and those who observe the bully in particular, if/when it happens. This topic obviously has some modern context...

ext and merit and it will in many cases write itself because many people will identify with being a bully and/or being the victim of a bully at one time or another.
Assignment Two -- Extended Definitions

Step

Criteria

Test Cases

Insults

Well-mannered sarcasm,

Physical Assault

Boxing match, mutual fight

Insults and/or assaults that are not mutually entered into and are meant to inflict emotional/physical pain

Assignment Three -- Cause/Effect Chain Exercise

Cause

Effect

Bully always looks at victim in an intimidating fashion

Victim is scared of bully and his/her intentions

Bully has change of heart but is unsuccessful in righting wrongs

Ex-bully may become disheartened and may revert to prior behavior

Bully victims become frazzled and are tortured

Social practices and behaviors become restrained

Bully is victim of abuse, physical or mental, in home environment

Bully…