Essay On "Poetics For Bullies"

Part I of Essay
In the short story, "Poetics for Bullies," Push, the bully, was pure evil. Everything that he did throughout the entire story was mean and very wrong. The only explanation for this is that he was just plain evil, and there was no way to change him into a good person. ....

Part II of Essay
.... Then, he greeted Push and began to be nice to him. Shortly after this, everyone began to be nice to Push. He absolutely hated this. Only someone of pure evil would hate it when people are nice to them. Because of this, Push tried to make people hate John, thinking that everything would go back to being normal again. This did not work, and everyone still liked John, and everyone was being even nicer to Push. This infuriated him. It made him so mad that he wanted to start a fight with John. Push did go to fight John ....