In chapters one and two of The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystanders, internationally recognized speaker and author Barbara Coloroso (2010) draws readers into the complex and tragic world of the bully, the victims of bullying and bystanders. In the first chapter he explains that he uses the terms bully, bullied, and bystander not to pigeonhole children into labels, but instead to identify the role the child is playing in a particular scene (p. 4). It also describes the all-too-common scenes or patterns that occur in bullying situations and how each “character” develops or responds (pp.5-8). Chapter two then focuses narrowly on the bully. Defines bullying to include four critical elements (pp. 12-13), distinguishes between verbal, physical, and relational bullying (pp. 13-17), and discusses seven different types of bullying (pp. 17-19). Furthermore, it delves into the roots of bullying in contempt, the psychological characteristics of bullies, and the signs that signal the need for intervention (pp.20-21). Therefore the reading agrees with this group member's position that the conflict re...