Stick and Stones

Title: Stick and Stones
Category: Literature / English | Words: 336 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)

Stick and Stones

Violence can not be dealt with by more violence, or so our parents tell us. Sadly, as children we do not believe this. In our minds, the only way for us to stop a bully is to stand up for ourselves. Sticks and Stones, by Nicole Ball, is an example of how violence does not solve our problems. Someone like James Nichols lurks in every school. He is envious and hateful of others. In order …showed first 75 words of 336 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 336 total…Nicole and her brother, threatening them with a knife. Although Nicole and Greg went against their parents advise, two good things came from retaliating against James. Nicole discovered how deeply her brother respected her and her parents' eyes opened to the hell riding that bus each day presented for their children. For Nicole and Greg, while the bully lived on, their plight was over. Fighting the bully was "the click of the doors" freeing them.

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