The Confession about Oppression
Clemson University’s survey on bullying was reported by NBS News; the article states, “Researchers surveyed 524,054 students at 1,593 schools across the nation over the last two years… They found that 17 percent of kids reported on anonymous questionnaires that they are being bullied two to three times a month or more” (Carrol). Within every high school across the world lies the heart of bullying, and everyone student has witnessed, conducted, or fallen victim to bullying.
Lucy Peters falls into the latter of the three. Every day for the past three years, she has had to put up with Jack bullying her from eight in the morning to three in the afternoon. This day is the same as usual; Lucy is called nasty names, …show more content…
Being the leader of a small group of friends, she knows all their secrets. When Hanna Marin begins showing signs of an eating disorder and Ali finds her throwing up, she trusts Ali to keep her secret. At first Ali is supportive of Hanna, but then she begins making subtle comments about the incident in front of the other girls; when they are alone, Ali constantly makes fun of Hanna for being weak and fat. She does this to make sure Hanna knows that she has the power to ruin Hanna’s life by spilling the secret. Ali uses this to guarantee that Hanna will stay loyal to her; the power ensures that Ali stays in control (Pretty Little …show more content…
Garrett follows her to Sabino Canyon one night; he accuses Sutton of cheating on him and calls her derogatory names. He continues to yell at her while she breaks down crying. Eventually, he shoves her backwards multiple times until she is on the edge of a ravine. Garrett gets so worked up that he picks her up by the collar of her shirt, and he hangs her over the cliff where she kicks like a bull. Panicking, Sutton tries to reason with him when she realizes Garrett is drunk
Clemson University’s survey on bullying was reported by NBS News; the article states, “Researchers surveyed 524,054 students at 1,593 schools across the nation over the last two years… They found that 17 percent of kids reported on anonymous questionnaires that they are being bullied two to three times a month or more” (Carrol). Within every high school across the world lies the heart of bullying, and everyone student has witnessed, conducted, or fallen victim to bullying.
Lucy Peters falls into the latter of the three. Every day for the past three years, she has had to put up with Jack bullying her from eight in the morning to three in the afternoon. This day is the same as usual; Lucy is called nasty names, …show more content…
Being the leader of a small group of friends, she knows all their secrets. When Hanna Marin begins showing signs of an eating disorder and Ali finds her throwing up, she trusts Ali to keep her secret. At first Ali is supportive of Hanna, but then she begins making subtle comments about the incident in front of the other girls; when they are alone, Ali constantly makes fun of Hanna for being weak and fat. She does this to make sure Hanna knows that she has the power to ruin Hanna’s life by spilling the secret. Ali uses this to guarantee that Hanna will stay loyal to her; the power ensures that Ali stays in control (Pretty Little …show more content…
Garrett follows her to Sabino Canyon one night; he accuses Sutton of cheating on him and calls her derogatory names. He continues to yell at her while she breaks down crying. Eventually, he shoves her backwards multiple times until she is on the edge of a ravine. Garrett gets so worked up that he picks her up by the collar of her shirt, and he hangs her over the cliff where she kicks like a bull. Panicking, Sutton tries to reason with him when she realizes Garrett is drunk