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Bullying In Narrator's Short Story I Just Kept On Smiling

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Being bullied isn’t apart of life and shouldn’t happen. Bbullying can cause kids to commit suicide which will make teen suicide increase if we don’t put a stop to it. People bully each other to make themself feel better or maybe even because they’re jealous. People bully each other for a lot of reasons like in the story “I Just Kept On Smiling” the boy got bullied for not owning up to what he had done,so everyone had to face the consequence for example Timothy Pigott sat on the narrator’s chest and pressured him into saying he was going to tell Dom Francis it was him.This supports the my claim because that scene could have been avoided they should have sat him down and talk to him and let him know he needs to go and tell that

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