Alm Hlgh's Blog - Posts Tagged "high-school"
WARNING: Growing Up Can B Hazardous 2 your Health
I write this half jokingly, but very much seriously about bullying and negotiating those adolescent wonder years.
I wrote the novel
while entertaining the thought of making high school life entertaining, fun and full of the wonder of discovering self as one is coming of age. The story was meant to show that though you may feel weak and think of your bully as someone being powerful, having it all together and confident; often times bullies are just as insecure and lost as their victims are. In addition to that, they are often victims and prey to a much greater force be it internal or external; be it peer pressure or familial expectations.
The power I feel that victims of bullying have, is the power to recognize that the bully's are often time caught up in a vicious cycle of of expectancy either from their own peers and/ or family; which is why in Taming of The Golden Boys the reader is able to go inside the minds of some of the bullies and hear what they are thinking and feeling.
So I'm asking the reading audience, is it possible for the bully and his prey to become friends and or fall in love with each other? What do you think?
I wrote the novel
while entertaining the thought of making high school life entertaining, fun and full of the wonder of discovering self as one is coming of age. The story was meant to show that though you may feel weak and think of your bully as someone being powerful, having it all together and confident; often times bullies are just as insecure and lost as their victims are. In addition to that, they are often victims and prey to a much greater force be it internal or external; be it peer pressure or familial expectations.The power I feel that victims of bullying have, is the power to recognize that the bully's are often time caught up in a vicious cycle of of expectancy either from their own peers and/ or family; which is why in Taming of The Golden Boys the reader is able to go inside the minds of some of the bullies and hear what they are thinking and feeling.
So I'm asking the reading audience, is it possible for the bully and his prey to become friends and or fall in love with each other? What do you think?
Secret Crush???
Can you name a fav book or a really good book with a secret crush?
OR:
Are you currently Crushing on someone secretly? Here's your chance to tell the world. Who's your crush??
Me? I'm crushing on my co-worker Todd... shush, it's a secret...
ahaha... this whole secret crush thing has inspired me to write a new novel. It's still brand new and I'm only on chapter 4... It's called "My Mom Your Dad: Happily Ever After". It's about a girl and guy who have crushes on each other and are fated to become siblings when there parents marry each other. If you would like you can check it out. I hope you do and comment liberally on it... ^__^
Alm...
http://www.booksie.com/young_adult/no...
OR:
Are you currently Crushing on someone secretly? Here's your chance to tell the world. Who's your crush??
Me? I'm crushing on my co-worker Todd... shush, it's a secret...
ahaha... this whole secret crush thing has inspired me to write a new novel. It's still brand new and I'm only on chapter 4... It's called "My Mom Your Dad: Happily Ever After". It's about a girl and guy who have crushes on each other and are fated to become siblings when there parents marry each other. If you would like you can check it out. I hope you do and comment liberally on it... ^__^
Alm...
http://www.booksie.com/young_adult/no...
