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Pulling Your Own Strings Summary In “Pulling Your Own Strings” everybody seems to be victims. What exactly is a victim? Well a victim is someone harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or any other event or action. In this case everyone is a victim by being harmed. In the situations given either someone is harmed by words or physical actions. According to the book we make or let ourselves be victims. If you are in an abusive relationship you are a victim. You “let” yourself be physically and mentally abused and in these situations you are more than likely showing your abuser that you are scared and that he has power over you. According to Mr. Dyer you need to NOT show fear or any emotions at all and you need to stand up …show more content…

I agree with very little things Mr. Dyer has said like stand up for yourself and teach your child to defend themselves as well, but I strongly disagree with the fact that everyone is a victim and it each their own faults. Like stated before I don’t think some child choses or asks to be a victim. I don’t think anyone does to be honest. There are sick people out in this world that just prey on the innocent. No one especially a child puts themselves in a situation will they are going to be harmed. Although I know Mr. Dyer probably didn’t mean it this way, but I felt as he was saying a child or woman “asked for it” and by that, I mean rape and so forth. How does a child or woman let themselves become or be a victim to something they may have no control over? I just don’t understand the concept. Again, I know he probably didn’t mean it that way or intend for it to be taken that way but being someone who has personally been there I did not put myself in that situation and I didn’t want to be there, and I certainly didn’t know how to change the outcome at the time. As a child I didn’t know what was right or wrong and yes, I guess you can say my own parent made me a victim without realizing or knowing so, but as a child I myself didn’t. So inconclusion I do not agree that everyone is a victim, nor do I think every makes themselves victims. Maybe most or maybe even some but not

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