The horrors of bullying are an enduring theme of many people’s childhood through their adolescents. So many people in the world are subjugated to this problem, and all the after effects of it. However, the causes of bullying lie the answer. Many believe that bullies are performing their vicious acts based off of their own short comings, their own faults. Another popular belief is that the bully does what he does because of his upraising, thus putting the blame of bullying on his parents. To this idea, however, comes the final most popular belief that bullies do this just for the fact of enjoying cruelty towards others. Bullying has many long lasting, horrible effects, but without understanding at least some of the causes, we shall never be able to counteract its effects properly.
Bullies have had a long lasting history of lashing out at people. One of the causes of this is a bullies is that they know that they are flawed. The bully who has a weird lisp as a child and conquers it before becoming a teenager doesn't remember the victory, but remembers the ridicule and hate. So that memory evolves into a physical manifestation of violence, both physical and emotional. Bullies insist on being perfect, that they are the smartest, they are the fastest, they are the strongest. If a bully fails anywhere in his life, he puts it off as something not important, and therefore not worthy of his time, or obstructed by someone who is weaker than him. He will always feel humiliated after said incident, and this is always bad for said victims. It is a basic predatory stance, to go after a weaker being after being in a position of public ridicule. So if any of his flaws show, then the end result is either him not caring, or lashing out at those who bring it up.
Bullies sometimes are also the product of their environment. If the parents are fighting, or there is a lack of a father or mother figure in their life, then this might be the cause of the bullying.