My nonfiction topic is on bullying. You may think that you've never been bullied and it might not matter that much it matters to someone else that has been bullied. My article was found on the Huffington Post called "Amanda Todd: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online And In School" and it was about Amanda Todd. A Canadian did one thing that tempted her to kill herself. She went on webcam to one of those websites where you meet strangers. Once she became nude and the person who saw those pictures spammed her all over with those disturbing pictures. Soon they were everywhere, there was a Facebook page to it, the guy mailed her those pictures, and they were all over the internet. Days before her suicide, she posted a video on youtube explaining her bullies though a series of flashcards. She said "Cried like every night, lost all my friends and respect people had for me.... again..... then nobody liked me".
The author wants us to think that things can get really serious. I mean when she was bullied, no one did anything and it didn't last for a day, it lasted months and people didn't do anything. But now, when she's dead, people pay tribute to her, they actually pay attention. The author wants us to feel like that we should take action when its actually happening, not when it ends. It also wants to inform us that this all happening and that its all real. You should be careful about what happens and about what you say, because things can get really serious. Don't every take an insult as a joke, because it can hurt people.
My thinking about the issue has changed a lot. Due to the fact that it made me think more in dept and how profound it is. It can get so serious. At first i thought it wouldn't apply to me, and it doesn't but it can, it can apply to my closest friends and people I can lose for doing one thing. I think the issue is very clear that it is very bad, but still not much action is happening when its done, only when it has reached it's limited and there's nothing much you can't do. But sometimes I really do wonder why it happens and why do people do it?
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