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Facts, Statistics, And Prevention In The Odyssey

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I’m here to argue why we should choose the book The Odyssey and the article Bullying Epidemic: Facts, Statistics, and Prevention should be chosen for the new Baker Middle School book club. I’m going to be comparing these texts to show why people in Baker Middle School should be courageous. In the story The Odyssey the setting takes place in Troy because of a war. After they won the war they had to come back but they didn't praise the gods so they went through a lot of trouble. Most crew mates die trying to get back but Odyssey doesn't and comes home to see his wife. The article Bullying Epidemic: Facts, Statistics, and Prevention is about all of the things you need to know about bullying. It talks about how to deal with bullying and how to …show more content…

If you give this book to the book club then they will become more courageous and will face their fears and accomplish more. For example, when the text says “Odysseus is determined to hear the Sirens.” Also when it says “Go that way, crew! Row! Row! … That was the toughest decision I’ve ever made.”This shows that Odysseus is courageous because the sirens are very dangerous and he wanted to listen to them and take them on. This relates to bullying because Odysseus is courageous to take on the sirens just as kids should also be courageous to take on bullying: not to let it affect you. Odysseus also has to make a tough decision to get past the monster just as kids have to make tough decisions. This relates to bullying because you have to be courageous and make tough decisions dealing with bullying. This book should be used in book clubs because it shows how to be courageous which you need to do against bullying. Bullying Epidemic: Facts, Statistics, and Prevention should be used in the book club because it shows how to prevent bullying and how big of a deal it …show more content…

Some text to defend my claim is “Dealing with feelings of school safety, and specifically addressing school bullying.” The text also says that 90% of students in grades 4-8 report being harassed or bullied.” This shows that you need to report bullying when you see it and stick up for people and yourself. Also, this shows that most of the kids in school get bullied in grades 4-8. That's why kids need to be courageous and take when they see it to tell a trusted adult. This book should be used in a book club because it shows how to deal with bullying and that you need to be courageous to stand up to it and tell an adult if you see bullying. You need to be courageous in life when you're facing bullying, and these two books The Odyssey and Bullying Epidemic: Facts, Statistics, and Prevention show just that. That’s why I think they should add these books to the book club. Both of the books tie into being courageous because Odysseus is very courageous and defeats all of the monsters in his way just like how you should do with bullying. The other text also ties into being courageous because the text it tells you, you have to be courageous to overcome

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