bulling Quotes

Honor doesn’t like going to school and uses her vivid imagination to describe all the reasons she doesn’t like it. At the end of the book Honor is sad because although she doesn’t have to go to school anymore, she still says she’ll miss it.

“But when they want to file a complaint, they only get to hear that this is a minor case because they have no real evidence. It’s one word against the other. The desperate Niklas cannot expect any help against Karl from the police.”

“Karl is cold and rude to the new class and his fellow men. He bullies Niklas by stealing, insulting and beating him. He is supported by Rocky, who becomes a typical follower. The motive for Karl’s actions is unknown.”

“On the other hand, he lures Niklas into a trap and testifies to the police for Karl and thus against Niklas. It is implied in the novel that Rocky is forced to do these things by Karl. Rocky is characterized as a follower.”

This account of life on the streets of Cape Town. His seven older brothers have all left home, and now there’s just Johnny, Ma and her bullying second husband.