The book, The Hundred Dresses, written by Eleanor Estes, talks about a girl named Wanda being bullied but she stands strong and tells the truth to the others' questions. When we see someone being bullied, or we are bullied, we should quickly tell a trusted adult and let them handle the problem. We should not hit others or we are doing wrong too. However, when we really need to hit back, we really need to. Same as going to the toilet (When you gotta go, you gotta go)! There are lots of other ways to stop bullies, and try not to be bullies yourself.
Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by hostile intent, imbalance of power and repetition over a period of time. Bullying is the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual, physically, mentally or emotionally.
In the Hundred Dresses, a girl got bullied by others. And in normal life, if we look closely we might just see some bullying. Nevertheless, we should know this when adults are bullying us. First, we must keep safe. The most important priority in the face of an adult bully is to protect yourself. If you don’t feel comfortable with a situation, leave. Seek help and support if necessary. Contact law enforcement, emergency hotline, crisis hotline, social agencies, or legal representatives if you have to.
If the bully still follows us, we should keep cool and avoid being too reactive. A common characteristic of bullies is that they project their aggression to push your buttons and keep you off balance. By doing so, they create an advantage from which they can exploit your weaknesses. If you are required to deal with an adult bully, one of the most important rules of thumb is to keep your cool. The less reactive you are to provocations, the more you can use your better judgment to handle the situation.
The book, The Hundred Dresses, tells us all about how bullies can have a bad ending, and how we should dislike bullies and try to stop us from being bullies. We also learn that we should call a trusty adult when we are bullied, or when we see someone being bullied, or even just see bullies messing around. We also learned that we should try to keep calm and always just be safe. If anything happens, we should still keep calm and try not to do a lot of movements. I recommend The Hundred Dresses, it teaches us a most important lesson.
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