Psychological manipulation

Physical Bullying “When people hurt you think of them like sandpaper; they may scratch and hurt you a bit but, in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” - Andy Biersack. In other words, bullies will keep being a bully, but at the end of the day they are not better than anyone else. Bullying nowadays isn’t only name calling, but pushing, kicking, hitting and sending mean text messages etc. Bullies are selfish, and they take advantage of others that are weak to take their anger…

Close reading of “The Strange People” passage 1 The passage is a story of the speaker experiencing the results of a toxic relationship, in the form of a hunting metaphor. She is the ‘doe’ being hunted by the man, and as she is attracted to him by the ‘jacklight’, she slowly realizes that this is not a healthy relationship, but that she is the hunters ‘prey’. The passage selected shows telltale signs of an abusive relationship: the alliteration “safely shut” emphasizes how the speaker does not…

century, to around 79 years of age in the United States, there has also been an enormous increase in the amount of elder abuse due to health and financial issues. An estimated 4 million elderly Americans are subjected to some sort of physical, psychological, or other form of abuse and neglect. Abuse of the elderly is due to the increased elderly population and has only be exacerbated by the financial turmoil and stagnant median income in the United States. In addition to the financial reasons…

Through human history, fear was used on several occasions to have domination over a group of people. Indeed, according to psychologists, it can be defined as vital response to physical and emotional danger. It is an emotion encountered by every human being. However, people’s reactions to fear may vary. Indeed, they range from the loss of rationality to an increase ability to adapt in extreme conditions. Prominent authors have written books discussing the theme of fear. Indeed, William Golding…

Shirley Jackson’s short story “ The Lottery” uses specific word choice and specific details to convey a threatening tone. One word that Jackson uses to express a threatening tone is “reluctantly”(lines 33). The word reluctantly presents a threatening tone because as used in the story,”the children came reluctantly, have to be called four or five times.” When children go to their own parents reluctantly it usually means that something atrocious will happen. It means this because whenever people…

The elderly are a heterogeneous group of individuals affected by the same ills as the rest of the stages of the life cycle. One of these evils, as old as humanity, is being subjected to violentce and/or abuse by other human beings. Despite being present for thousands of years, it has only become a matter of scientific and political interest since the early 70s in the twentieth century. Violence and abuse are different categories in which to group behaviors that a person persorms and cause harm…

Brandi Bullying Being a bully is much worse than being a bystander. Bullying is out of control and needs to be put to a stop. Being a bully is worse than being a bystander because without bullies there wouldn’t be bystanders, when a bully terrorizes someone it could pressure them to become a bully themselves, and being bullied could cause someone to hurt or harm themselves. To start with, being a bully is much worse than being a…

verbal abuse is the most common form of abuse, and reveal the effects that are detrimental to today’s population and future generations. There are many numerous kinds of abuse, and the most well known are economic, sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, and verbal abuse. Economic abuse has to do with money and jobs some examples would be taking money, not allowing decisions in financial choices,…

Intro Prior to being educated about family violence, I would have grouped myself in a category with individuals who hear the term "family violence" and only think about the physical aspect, domestic violence. As a result of being educated about family violence and what it encompasses I now know that there are other classifications besides the immediate act of physical or sexual violence within a family and that the family violence power and control wheel elaborates more in detail about…

Martha is being teased through social media posts in school. Some of the girls seem to be Martha’s friends, but the jokes are very personal and sometimes include comments about hurting Martha. I should help Martha by, help build her self confidence, and tell an adult at school. The first reason why I should help Martha is by helping build her self confidence. By doing so she could have enough self confidence to stand up to the bullies and making them stop. When a bully's victim tell them to…