Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick is about how the main character, Leonard Peacock, struggles with bullying. This book covers an eighteen years old boy’s struggle with bullying, morals, sexual abuse, and revenge. Leonard is conflicted between what he wants and what is right. All the while he is riddled with suicidal thoughts.
In the book it covers the span of two days. All revolving around Leonard’s eighteenth birthday, on this day he plans to shoot and kill his former best friend and current bully Asher Beal, then kill himself. But before he does that he must deliver a gift to each of his four “friends”. He gives a Bogart hat to his elderly neighbor and close friend, Walt. All the money in his college fund for True Democracy in …show more content…
But then, on page 188, Leonard says this about his mother, Linda,”I think I tried to tell Linda once, but she refused to believe it and changed the subject.” He then goes on to blame himself, saying he was probably indirect and that is why his mother didn’t believe him. Then I began to realise that there were bystanders around baring witness to all the things Asher was doing and going through. Leonard noticed Asher’s change in behavior after being with his uncle but said nothing. There were other kids in the gym while Babcak was being pushed around but they just ignored him. Asher’s own mother even walked in on Asher and Leonard together but pretended it never happened. People all day, on Leonard’s birthday, noticed him acting strange but no one cared enough to genuinely ask him. Accept Herr Silverman. And there are a million more examples of bystanders doing nothing in this book. I think that Matthew Quick did this on purpose to teach the reader a lesson. That if you see something bad going on you shouldn’t just ignore it, that you should help people. Because you have no idea what else is going on in their life and maybe they could use one less thing to deal
In the book it covers the span of two days. All revolving around Leonard’s eighteenth birthday, on this day he plans to shoot and kill his former best friend and current bully Asher Beal, then kill himself. But before he does that he must deliver a gift to each of his four “friends”. He gives a Bogart hat to his elderly neighbor and close friend, Walt. All the money in his college fund for True Democracy in …show more content…
But then, on page 188, Leonard says this about his mother, Linda,”I think I tried to tell Linda once, but she refused to believe it and changed the subject.” He then goes on to blame himself, saying he was probably indirect and that is why his mother didn’t believe him. Then I began to realise that there were bystanders around baring witness to all the things Asher was doing and going through. Leonard noticed Asher’s change in behavior after being with his uncle but said nothing. There were other kids in the gym while Babcak was being pushed around but they just ignored him. Asher’s own mother even walked in on Asher and Leonard together but pretended it never happened. People all day, on Leonard’s birthday, noticed him acting strange but no one cared enough to genuinely ask him. Accept Herr Silverman. And there are a million more examples of bystanders doing nothing in this book. I think that Matthew Quick did this on purpose to teach the reader a lesson. That if you see something bad going on you shouldn’t just ignore it, that you should help people. Because you have no idea what else is going on in their life and maybe they could use one less thing to deal