In Bully, Alex was stabbed, hit, sat on, etc. on the schoolbus. The vice-principal did very little about it, and as a result, the abuse continued. Alex began to think it was a normal interaction, only making the rate of the bullying increase due to the easy going attitude Alex kept. Belittling the issues will only give them room to grow, “Yes, we even doubted [Hitler’s] resolve to exterminate us. Annihilate an entire people? Wipe out a population dispersed throughout so many nations? So many millions of people! By what means? In the middle of the twentieth century” (8 Night). People around the world doubted that Nazi Germany was annihilating millions of people. This allowed Hitler to gain power while the rest of the world watched in silent