Elliot's Expose

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• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter."I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)

Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)

I think what Elliot is trying to tell them what bullying truly is by using words which are emotionally strong. He is trying to get them to come back down to earth and take a good look around them by accusing them in saying,"The rest of you are all part of it because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny," (pg.92) because the bullying could be right in front of them and they aren't paying attention or doing anything about it.

He is also trying to make them understand it better by making them imagine how it is to be in the other persons shoes, or should i say the victims shoes. By making them imagine how fear makes you feel, paralized and scared.

I think Elliot's letter also had another purpose, which was to scare the jock rots like he said on pg.93, "They never cared how I felt about any of it. So let them worry about what happens next. Let them wake up in the morning feeling scared..." It seems that in the story Elliot's story did slowly take effect on the people who read it and they slowly realized what was going on around them with the bullying.


Two Peer Responses (4 pts)

The Revealers,role reversal

Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.

1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
A1:Russel didn't want Elliot publishing his story because, he was scared of making things worse with Richie and he didn't want to get bullied more than he already was.

2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
A2:It's funny because at first Russel was the prey and Russel,l the predator. But in time Richie finished getting his 'revenge' and he kind of stands up for Russell. For example like when Russell was getting pushed around by the Rot jocks (on pg.96) , Richie came and stood up for him.. Russel also didn't feel like publishing the story about Richie because I think he would also feel bad and if you read the book you learn that Richie can become hurt and enraged quite easily.

3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)

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