¶ … 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…
