Major Issues in Storytelling - Essay Example

One story truly reminds me of how protective my friend was when she confronted a group of bullies at my high school called the crew. This so-called “crew” was an egotistical group of hormonal boys whose job was to tear people down. These boys thought that they were cool kids by simply showing their strength. However, school is not a place to be fashionable, but a place to get an education, and one day when these boys started pushing around an invalid boy around the hallway, it was the last straw for her. She immediately confronted the boys and told them to pick on someone their size. Being a senior at the time, the boys were tongue-tied; they listened to her rebuke their actions. One of the bullies tried to talk down to her, but at that moment a large crowd had gathered behind her and they were all supporting her actions. This is quite interesting because several people were fed up with the constant bullying that occurred. Only through Clair’s protective nature was the student fraternity able to fight off bullies in the school. From that day on, Clair took it upon herself to ensure that no one in the school compound is bullied again. The entire student fraternity was extremely grateful for her efforts (Gottschall, 1).

It is vital to note that Clair is not only protective when it comes to physical abuse, but also tries to protect her friends and family from emotional hurt. Whenever something wrong happens in your life, Clair will be the first person to call you to ensure that you are doing fine. We have all experienced some hardships in our lives and what if there was a way for you to avoid these hardships wouldn’t you be grateful? Of course, you would and your solution to such trepidations is to have a friend like Clair. Clair is always quick to advise her friends and normally advocates that we think before we make a decision that would ruin our lives. Giving people advice is part of her protective nature because she believes that prevention is better than cure and if her advice can protect you from getting hurt then so be it. I remember this situation once when I was dating a certain bad boy in school. I was prepared to do anything for her. Little did I know that this boy was just toying with me and was not at all serious about our relationship. Furthermore, he was cheating on me with other girls around the school. However, my good friend Clair had deciphered that he was a bad boy and immediately started advising me to dump him. I was, however, extremely mad at her for I thought that she just wanted to break me up with my new boyfriend. She was persistent and due to her protective nature, she even stalked the boy and filmed him making out with another girl. That is when I knew that she truly cared for me and I stopped seeing the boy immediately. She still tried to protect me from getting hurt and there is just no one on this planet with a better heart.

This story taught me that being protective over the people you love does not require you to be strong just courageous. I appreciate Clair for protecting the rights of the weak since we need to fight for the rights of the weak (Gottschall, 4).