The Bully, Character Analysis Have you ever seen a bully from elementary or middle school, that you haven’t seen in a while? The story is called The Bully by Roger Dean Kiser. The story is about a man Roger who is sitting in a diner and then Tony’s wife comes and taps Roger on the shoulder. Tony remembers Roger but doesn’t remember him. When Roger remembered who Tony he was very despondent. Roger is a kind, masculine, and forgiving type of guy that has changed a lot since middle and high school, being kind is important because it shows how Tony perceives Roger. Firstly, Roger is a kind man. Roger help Tony’s wife by helping Tony get in the van. This shows Tony that Roger is nice for helping. It personally helps Roger because it shows him …show more content…
He forgave Tony, the bully, for how he treated him as kid. Roger doesn’t hole grudge because he is being the bigger man. He is even trying to make a former bully his friend. He gives Tony his card so they can talk and have lunch. Roger is trying to get over the past, forgive and forgive. Letting bygones be bygones. To conclude, Roger is an overall kind, masculine, and forgiving man. Even though, Tony bullied Roger when they were in school. He is trying to be friends with a former bully. He doesn’t seem as he would be the type of man to hold grudges. He tries to find the positive side of a situation. He has changed since from the younger days. Also, he is a helpful and kind man. The story could end one of two ways, either the odds could be in his favor or they could not be in Roger’s favor. One way the story could end is that they could go out to lunch and over time they could become friends. Roger could get a call from tony within a week and they go back to the diner and talk about their lives after school. Another way that the story could end is that Tony may not call him and Roger ends up lonely with no friends and now he is sad. Roger could be waiting to hear from Tony and he hasn’t called in a week or two. Tony could take his haughtiness and not call Roger because his is still a bully in his heart and
Tony does not attend the first meeting but notices how happy his cellmates come back every Monday, so he decides to go the next Monday.
Lupito’s death marks the first scene in the novel in which Tony’s grief is a direct consequence of his knowledge. Tony’s naiveté causes him to take people at their face value, not realizing that they may not be as they seem. Narciso is the town drunk, yet he is the only man on the bridge that maintains his common sense. “’I...
I predict that Roger’s sadistic and disrespectful character will drive the others boys away, leaving him all alone. This will later cause Roger to act in a negative way, causing people more pain than he had before, and possibly resulting in a death of an innocent character in the
Roger first made a mark by throwing rocks at Henry early on in the book. Early on in the book, Roger made a mark in the book by throwing rocks at young Henry. Golding put a quote in that scene describing the throwing of rocks. The quote is “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw.” (Golding 62) This shows how Roger, even though he purposely missed, was still throwing rocks at young Henry which was a mean thing. I believe that he did not hit Henry on purpose, because he wasn’t in “full demon mode”, which I believe he was later on in the book. I believe that his personally changed no immediately, but greatly throughout the book. This is the first example of not why, but how Roger shaped his identity throughout the book.
Maria had no authority over her restless family. The source of the conflict between Antonio and Maria originates from her oldest sons taking to going where they please and not caring about their parent’s wishes. The burden of pleasing their parents passes from the eldest sons to the youngest one. With the sole duty of pleasing his parents, Tony internally rebels against their wishes instead seeking to set to rest his churning mind by seeking his own beliefs. His brothers console themselves about abandoning their family by saying that “Tony will be her priest” (Anaya 36) and not knowing that the “dreams of their father and mother [haunt] them” (Anaya 36) also haunted Antonio. Having the responsibilities of his brothers and his family shape the way he grows and thinks. He isn’t just thinking about himself he also has the problems of redeeming his family on his head. Through the story and through Ultima Tony realizes that he is not bound by obligations and can instead shape his own
D. When Roger is throwing stones at Henry he is throwing to miss Roger doesn’t hit him because around him was a “taboo of the old life”(Goulding 62). This has always kept the boys in line, but Roger has changed now though he
Instead of choosing not to grant his brothers rest because he cannot use God’s power, he decides to use the golden carp. It shows that little things are able to persuade Tony into leaning towards the golden carp and the river, and away from God. His belief in God is not as strong as it used to be, and that could influence what he will do in the
insight and very wise advice from his elders. The story shadows Tony as he seeks
During his high school days, Roger did not put effort into studying, but spent his time partying and drinking. After he got married to Joan, they had a son who passed away a few years later, causing the two to separate.... ... middle of paper ... ... These decisions can help change a destructive past, into a more exciting and motivational future.
Tony would ask him so many questions why didn’t he believe and florence would tell him “I don’t know...My mother died when I was three, my old man drank himself to death, and...And my sisters are whores working at Rosie’s place-”(Anaya 195). Tony’s friends didn’t want Florence to be pardoned for his sins, but either way Tony pardoned him and that caused Tony’s friends to beat him up. This caused Antonio to question god and go to confessional to be pardon for his sins but he had no answers. After this Florence’s death came about, he drowned in the river while he was swimming and Tony was there to see him already dead. Tony would ask himself, why didn’t Florence confess, he would have been pardoned for all his sins. Antonio would question god because he didn’t understand why there was so much evil in the
Rake is a horrible person because of the way he treated people by yelling at the mayor for being on his Field. “Coach Rake had once cursed loudly at a well-dressed gentleman who committed the sin of stepping onto the sacred Bermuda grass of The Field. The gentleman backtracked quickly, then walked around the sideline, and when he drew closer Rake realized he had just cursed the Mayor of Messina” (Grisham 5). Not surprisingly, the mayor had gotten offended by being cursed out loud in front of a huge crowd for stepping on the grass of The Field. The next day the mayor tried to fire Rake for cursing him out. Since the people of Messina respected Coach Rake a lot, the next election for mayor, the people defeated him. “The locals defeated the Mayor four to one as soon as his name appeared on the next ballot” (Grisham
Bully (2001) is a movie based on a true story about a group of rebellious, yet naïve teens who conspire to exact ultimate revenge on a mutual friend. In a twist, unlike most, this movie highlights not only extent of bullying amongst peers, but details the ultimate revenge that would irrevocably change the lives of the entire group. The movie takes place in South Florida where Marty, a high school dropout, and Bobby are “alleged” best friends. As they set out to meet up with mutual friends Ali and Lisa for a double date the bully is immediately apparent as Bobby begins to verbally torment Marty, which quickly turns physical as he repeatedly punches Marty while he is driving for accidently swerving. Although, Marty stops the car and retaliates,
The group of Americans were very leery of Tony when he discussed the plan to get them out of Tehran. They wanted to know why they should trust him and how he can guarantee his plan would be successful. Source credibility has three elements of credibility: competence, trustworthiness, and goodwill. The group questioned Tony’s competence, when they asked him directly, “what are our chances”, in which he responded, “Chances are good”. (Affleck, 2012). This led to some tension as they questioned what the percentage of “good” was and brought up the capture of other Americans that attempted to escape. When they realized this was the first attempt of this type, trustworthiness was challenged and the fact that they are supposed to trust him with their lives. To try to ease the group; Tony explained what he does and his success rate. Tension increased amongst the six Americans and they tried to convince each other that this was their only option. The character “Joe” was the most skeptical and said it was suicide and that he did not trust Tony. Tony explained to Joe and his wife that he rescues people and promised he will get them out. This was an expression of goodwill, if the group was not convinced Tony cared about them, the plan would have never worked, as it took each one of them to stay in character in order for them to all get out alive. In a key pivoting scene Tony was asked, “Do you think your story is going to matter when there is a gun to our head?”, in which Tony responds, “I think my story is the only thing between you and a gun to your head.” (Affleck, 2012). All three components of Source Credibility were crucial in the movie; without the group having competence in Tony, along with trusting his plan and that his intentions were for their benefit, the plan would have
Tony saw through the prejudice though, he loved one of the PR's and when the Jets found out, they were ashamed. Tony's love for Maria was so real, he didn't care what happened. He died.Prejudice plagues this world now and forever, as long as there is a difference in people there will discrimination and prejudice.
Tony and Elizabeth Jordan thought they had it all – a beautiful daughter, great jobs, the best cars, and their dream house, but looks can be deceiving. Behind closed doors their marriage is falling apart, and they are constantly fighting, pushing away from each other and hurting their daughter emotionally and mentally in the process to the point where she says to her friend ¨I wish I lived at your house, my parents are always fighting.¨ Tony and Elizabeth are typical churchgoers who have become self-righteous and, in Tony case, even hostile towards the God who created him for his glory. Elizabeth is a real estate broker, and Tony is a salesman who is always traveling. While Tony relaxes in his professional success and flirts with temptation,