Elliot's Expose

Elliot’s Expose

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• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter.

"I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)


Blog Question:
What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)

Two Peer Responses (4 pts)


I think what Elliot is trying to get across to his peers is basically, when someone gets bullied and you laugh or just let the bully keep bullying, you should think about how you would feel to be in the victim's place.

The message Elliot is trying to get across to his peers is a strong message because none of the other people really felt the pain Elliot has like on page 59, when Elliot gets thrown off the bridge. Since no one really listens to Elliot, Russell and Catalina they express their feelings through "KidNet". People don't realize, when they laugh at someone getting picked on that those victims have feelings and instead of helping, the bystander is making the problem worse like Elliot said on page 92.

The book The Revealers reminds me of when the sixth grade last year had to talk to Ms. Amy about bullying. The whole story of The Revealers could have been a real story, because these things do happen in real life, but maybe not as extreme violence. This quote by Elliot basically says if you see someone getting bullied stop the bully and if you let the victim keep getting bullied, bullying will never stop!!!

Revealers Role Reversal

Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.


1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
1a)Russell didn't want to write about Richie, because right before he met with Catalina and Elliot, two of the three boys who bullied Elliot and threw him off the bridge were bullying Russell. Then Richie came and helped out Russell even though he had bullied Russell a lot. Since it was the two bullies, Burke and Blachette against Russelll it wasn't fair so to make it fair Richie helped Russell and the two bullies were really scared of Richie, so they ran away.

2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
2a)The relationship between Richie and Russell has gotten better than before because before Richie kept bullying Russell. But, now Russell and Richie are becoming friends. The thing I like about Richie is that if he does something bad to Russell now he will apoligize sooner or later.

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