Bully Documentary Analysis
Maham Farooqui
Professor XYZ
Operations HM
13th July 2014
The movie ‘Bully’ is a documentary and the message that it delivers is both troubling as well as moving. It shows us how some kids are constant sources of misery to others whom they consider to be different from the masses. Bullying has become a norm of our society and it is especially common in classrooms, cafeterias, school buses as well as in a principal’s office or in the teacher’s room. (Marriner, 3)
‘Bully’, is not only about the bullies and their victims but it is also about how this form of cruelty is embedded in our society as a whole. It is a wake-up call for schools and their administration not to ignore or downplay bullying but to confront this problem and change the school …show more content…
The assistant principal arriving on the scene tries to settle the fight by asking both boys to shake hands. While one of them who is the initiator too the fight does so easily with a smile and an apology, the other boy, Cole who is the victim though unknown to the assistant principal refuses and resists. The other kid is let of hooks and goes his merry way while Cole is scolded for not co-operating. When Cole tries to explain that he is in fact a victim of mental and verbal abuse, the assistant principal tells him to just let it go as the other kid is sorry and has already apologized. (Merritt, 1-3) Another one of such oppressed kids was Tyler from Georgia who was a seventeen year old student who committed suicide after he could no longer face the continuing harassment. According to a boy, in one of the scenes from the movies, he states that even he was a victim of bullying for three years and not even his parents, grandparents or the school administration did anything to stop it till Tyler committed suicide and only then was this problem addresses in the Murray County schools. (Bazelon, …show more content…
At one point or another every one of us has been bullied or has been just a bystander and watched it happen. Bully not only focuses on the tormented but also on the tormentors and how they became such. Is it because they come from broken families or they just enjoy the pain of others. This documentary is a must see not only for adults but also by the younger generation. It’s a documentary that in my opinion gives us hope that something is being done to stop bullying in schools and society at large. Bully is a wonderful movie with a lot of heart, humanity and soul and it manages to get its message across. (Scott,
Professor XYZ
Operations HM
13th July 2014
The movie ‘Bully’ is a documentary and the message that it delivers is both troubling as well as moving. It shows us how some kids are constant sources of misery to others whom they consider to be different from the masses. Bullying has become a norm of our society and it is especially common in classrooms, cafeterias, school buses as well as in a principal’s office or in the teacher’s room. (Marriner, 3)
‘Bully’, is not only about the bullies and their victims but it is also about how this form of cruelty is embedded in our society as a whole. It is a wake-up call for schools and their administration not to ignore or downplay bullying but to confront this problem and change the school …show more content…
The assistant principal arriving on the scene tries to settle the fight by asking both boys to shake hands. While one of them who is the initiator too the fight does so easily with a smile and an apology, the other boy, Cole who is the victim though unknown to the assistant principal refuses and resists. The other kid is let of hooks and goes his merry way while Cole is scolded for not co-operating. When Cole tries to explain that he is in fact a victim of mental and verbal abuse, the assistant principal tells him to just let it go as the other kid is sorry and has already apologized. (Merritt, 1-3) Another one of such oppressed kids was Tyler from Georgia who was a seventeen year old student who committed suicide after he could no longer face the continuing harassment. According to a boy, in one of the scenes from the movies, he states that even he was a victim of bullying for three years and not even his parents, grandparents or the school administration did anything to stop it till Tyler committed suicide and only then was this problem addresses in the Murray County schools. (Bazelon, …show more content…
At one point or another every one of us has been bullied or has been just a bystander and watched it happen. Bully not only focuses on the tormented but also on the tormentors and how they became such. Is it because they come from broken families or they just enjoy the pain of others. This documentary is a must see not only for adults but also by the younger generation. It’s a documentary that in my opinion gives us hope that something is being done to stop bullying in schools and society at large. Bully is a wonderful movie with a lot of heart, humanity and soul and it manages to get its message across. (Scott,