Canvas with a Monster Figure Behind a Little Red Girl

Words are powerful although at times actions can harm as well. The well-known saying is “actions speak louder than words,” and In this case they did. A girl can resemble “A girl in the shape of a monster” (Macleod, P.40.) On the canvas there is a shadow of a monster, using negative space by using newspaper as the monster with a black background symbolizing contrary and verbal communication. Inside of the monster figure is a girl with her arms up and painted red signifying the young people taking part in bullying.

The illustration of the monster is simply to resemble teenaged girls. Schoolgirls can look and pretend to be charming, however beneath the makeup and designer clothing is a monstrous little girl. This individual can be capable of ruining or ending other teenager’s lives. The play Shape of a Girl is an example of what bullying can do to a person, not only mentally, but also physically. The newspaper in the shape of a monster is a symbol of talk. Newspaper is where material is talked about and shared amongst people. For example Reena Virk killed by a group of teenagers in 1997. If this incident was never released Braidie would have had a much harder time realizing something dreadfully similar was happening in her school. Braidie tried to conform and fit in with this gang of girls until she realized that doing this would take away from her dreams and possibility’s. Losing the sense of safety and security can cause people to try and correspond with others they look up to and cause heartbreaking situations. Unfortunately this is happening in all schools and there really is no way to stop it from happening, except to hope these young people learn from their mistakes and try to encourage others to take action, be responsible...

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...oung university students. No one knows what that drive was, furthermore this shows how someone so innocent can change in a matter of minutes.

In summary, bullying is an aspect of life; it does not only happen as teenagers but as adults also. This canvas with a monster figure behind a little red girl is there to represent and demonstrate the power of words, along with what they can do to a person. A monster is an ideal example of what people can be capable of becoming. They could be warm-hearted person, and then beneath is a whole new being, with the personality of a monster. Common people tend to hide the view of this character and ploy people into thinking something different. However as soon as they are not looking these people can turn their back and start hurting people both verbally and physically; bullying is detrimental and can change ones life forever.