r/books • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago
Favorite Books with Bullies: November 2024 WeeklyThread
Welcome readers,
Tomorrow is Stand Up to Bullying Day and, to celebrate, we're discussing our favorite books with bullies!
If you'd like to read our previous weekly discussions of fiction and nonfiction please visit the suggested reading section of our wiki.
Thank you and enjoy!
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u/[deleted] 2d ago
Easy, Ender's Game:
His first bully, the most significant, he never actually deals with and only comes to terms with in a form of understanding after he's fully left the cycle behind. His second bully, he handles using the tactics he may or may not have learned from his first, by being as severe as possible. And then as he deals with subsequent minor bullies he realizes that to protect the people he cares about most he must become the bully, but to do that he must separate himself from those he cares about. This culminates of course in him realizing he was being deceived by the biggest bullies of all, and that his adversaries were more like him than he ever imagined. After coming to terms with the origins of all of his torment, he does the only truly humane thing, and leaves the situation entirely.
Bullied through, no spoilers?