Blog 4

BLOG 4: Using “The Box Man” as a model, compare and contrast two things that are different but ironically similar (like how the Box Man is ironically similar to the two old ladies because they are all alone, but the women never would have compared themselves to a homeless man.)

     The bully and the bullied. One, a bulky, buffed-up, loud, nuisance while the other, a scrawny, red-headed, freckled kid clutching onto his lunch money.
     The bully spends his days finding "the bullied", taking his lunch, pulling up his whitey-tighteys, and calling him dweeb. He walks down the hallways, watching as other kids "book-it" in the other direction. No one wants a confrontation. No one talks back to him. No one stands up for themselves. After a long day of pushing freshmen, and back sassing teachers, he comes home to reality. He is unhappy and hurting the bullied does not help his inner issues. Deep down he is insecure.
     The bullied spends his days being shoved in lockers, and hiding in the bathroom. He tries at all costs not to be noticed in the hallways, and prays that his perpetual wedgie will stop hurting by sixth period. He slumps down in his desk dreading the final bell, dreading his next encounter with the bully. He walks down the halls, head down, not looking or talking to anyone. His days adventures with the bully have taken there toll. Like everyday, he goes home feeling unwanted, self conscious, and insecure about himself.
     Looking at the two of them, they do not look alike, they do not spend their free time in the same way, they are in most ways, absolutely different. But people can be two completely different beings, but have the same issues.