Bullying can take place in many forms; this can be either physical or emotional bullying. It can happen over a period of time or could be a one-off event. However, nowadays bullying has evolved into many different types and this has firmly rooted itself in our lives, to the extent that it has become normalised. The sufferer silences themselves in fear of being ostracised for speaking against the mistreatment or the allegation. 

Communal environments such as schools and workplaces are performative in embellishing the need to acknowledge, that anti-bullying week exists, but when represented with a real-life scenario, they shy away from taking preventative actions in response to the reported incidence of bullying or in severe cases they silence the victim. 

Bullying can be expressed in the analogy of a puppet show. The bully can take the form of a puppeteer and the puppet can be the victim. The strings attached to the puppet are the actions that are dealt by the puppeteer, towards the victim and finally the audience plays the role of a bystander. 

The puppeteer dominates the puppet using the strings and this can either be physical or emotional toture, for example assigning names to the victim without reason. If the puppet is attached to the puppeteer, via the strings, the more likely the victim is going to recoil further into their shell and suppress their inner turmoil with no outlet. Furthermore, when the strings are detached, this provides the victim, with some sought of solace to what they have endured. The audience is equally to be blamed for not taking a stand, as they are turning a blind eye to what is happening. 

In conclusion, I believe that it is vital, to revist the topic of bullying a couple times in a year as many are unaware, on how to look for the signs of bullying due to the escalation of different types of bullying being created. Instead of celebrating anti-bullying week, it is more beneficial to educate in order to erradicate bullying in society.