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Bullies Then and Now: Bullying’s Effect on Everyday Life
I’ve written on the struggles C.S. Lewis had growing up with bullies–it really was a lifelong struggle–and we see from time to time how Lewis captures the victim’s feelings in fiction, like when “Jill Pole was crying behind the gym” … Continue reading →
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Tagged bullies, bullying, C.S. Lewis, current-events, cyber-bullying, Education, fagging, Jill Pole, Surprised by Joy
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On the Nobody Somebody Has Inside: Lewis, Me, and Bullies
By all accounts, C.S. (Jack) Lewis was bullied badly in the English private school that he was subjected to as a child. His first school, Wynyard, had a headmaster as a bully. Robert Capron, nicknamed “Oldie” by the Lewis boys, … Continue reading →
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Tagged bloodery, bullies, bullying, C.S. Lewis, fagging, Letters to an America Lady, office bully, private school, the Narnian, Walter Hooper
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