Why is being different bad?

Director: Mr. Lee Hirsch 
Main idea: The effect that bullying has had on multiple families, and to create an awareness of  bullying.

In this film Mr. Hirsch shows us the stories of real life bully victims, and in some cases the parents had to tell the story as their children had committed suicide due to bullying. This movie is about creating awareness of an on going struggle.

The first question that comes to mind as a viewer is "Why is it so bad to be different?". Bullying is a struggle that we have been fighting for a very long time, all people have been bullied at some stage. Mr. Hirsch is taking the subject on  from a personal point of view in his movie Bully. The angle of the shots show a sort of intensity, to make the viewer see every angle of the person talking's face. The heart wrenching stories of kids that have been pushed to the edge, for example . She was pushed so far that she felt pulling out a gun to threaten kids would be the solution. She ended up in a juvenile center with 45 criminal charges to her name, including attempted murder. Why does it have to go to the point of feeling you have to threaten people to be heard or even be pushed to the point of suicide?

Mr. Hirsch made a point of not just listening to the stories, but also of filming some of the bullying taking place. He makes the viewer feel more part of the victims life and situation. He does an in depth look at the victims life, their history of bullying and in some cases a little family history is included as well. He shows how easily kids are being judged. In the case of Alex he is called names, for example "fish lips". He did not tell his parents. And the producers of the movie had to show clips of Alex being bullied, to his parents.Why are children scared to tell their parents? Tyler Long committed suicide. His parents told his story. They said that: "... he walked with a target on his back." They started an anti-bullying campaign called Stand for the Silent.

This movie raises a lot of questions. Question that should be answered by school officials and parents of bully's.

Stand for the Silent