How Would YOU Feel?
The truth is, bullying impacts everyone
THE COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATING BULLYING
In addition to another scene that presents bullying towards Charlie by his community is when the neighbours report Charlie's behaivour to the Department of Youth and Community Services. This specific scene illustrates how the Mollison's neighbours are not observant and respectful to Charlie's mental condition and create complaints to the Department of Youth and Community Services so that Charlie can improve his demeanor.
PEERS AT THOMAS' SCHOOL DEMONSTRATING BULLYING
As the film text was set in the early 1990s, modern humanity nowadays have learnt to become more considerate and sympathetic of mental conditions such as autism. People of the 21st century are more respectful and educated about people struggling with autism and tend to be forgiving and generous which comfort those dealing with a mental impairment. In the early 1990's it was seem to be okay to call disabled people as "spastics" but as the years have gone by we have learnt to be more understanding and lenient.
THOMAS DEMONSTRATING BULLYING
Another appropriate scene that illustrates Thomas bullying his own brother is when Jackie first shows up at the Mollison's household to return Charlie's monkey ears. Thomas is fearful that Charlie will embarrass him infront of Jackie, so Thomas drags Charlie out of the living room and locks him in a separate room, not aware what Charlie is capable of when he is left alone. By the time Thomas returns to Charlie, its already too late to fix the mess Charlie has created with his feces.
Throughout the film text, Thomas is relentlessly seen physically bullying Charlie for his instinctive behaviour that Charlie can not control. This illustrates how oblivious Thomas is in relation to Charlie's state.
REFLECTION
The reason why I chose this statistic to feature in my flyer is that with excessive research I was able to find the statistics of autistic children who suffer emotional trauma as a result of bullying. This indicates that more than half of vulnerable autistic children are getting bullied because they are different to other children at school.
To me, this photo illustrates how much pressure is added on Thomas to live a normal life and still deal with the stuggles of having an autistic brother. In the image Thomas is crying because he knows that nothing can change Charlie's demeanor and Charlie will always behave a certain way.
In this image you can observe the look in Thomas's eyes showing unconditional love for his brother Charlie. Thomas understands that Charlie will always be different, but no matter what Thomas will always be by Charlie's side through the struggle that they may face in the future.