What a sad story. I'm afraid that this is however daily life and struggle of many kids in the world.
I am also certain that we all have this 'kind' of friends. Maybe they don't abuse us but they keep using us in such a subtle way that we don't even notice that.
And we as adults very often close our eyes so we don't have to see the bully instead of facing the issue and helping those poor kids.
The world seems to be upside down sometimes and you captured it perfectly in your story.
Thank you for talking about such important issue.
Have a great start of the week!
Thank you for stopping by.
An upside down world it is.
The idea for the story had been hammering my head for a while. This was my attempt to make sense of the absurdity of this world of ours, which locally and gobally seem to follow the same disturbing pattern.
Is this a fictional story based on current realities @hlezama?
Yes and no.
The story per se is fictional. Some of the elements that compose it have some real background; others are purposefuly incorporated as symbols for universal events or events that others may find relatable.
Bullying may be a universal theme no culture is exempt from, every individual may experience it differently; but bullying can also be institutionalized. A whole government may bully a whole population and a whole bunch of other countries may just sit and look with the same disregard or excitement kids contemplate a fight on the playground.
Ahhh okay. I get it @hlezama.