Cause/Effect Essay

Why do people gossip?

Gossiping. Everyone looks at it a different way. In a good way, fun way, bad way, funny way, or even amusing. Some may argue over which reason is the main one, but the main reason people gossip is because they think it will make them popular.

To start out, people think it’s amusing. Why? I don’t really know. From what I’ve noticed, people think it’s funny and when a bully harasses someone else, they know that they are getting attention from others who think it’s entertaining to see. For example, one time, I saw this girl sitting alone with one other friend at the lunch table. Before I knew it, there was a group of about maybe twelve people or so that went up to her. Only one person in the group said anything to her and that was the bully. The girls’ face turned as red as an apple as she sat through the harassment not knowing where to go or what to do or say. As the bully went on and on pointing out flaws and throwing hurtful words into her face, all the others just laughed at the hurt they were causing her. Pretty soon, more and more people showed up to listen and watch what was going on because they thought it was exciting. That day, effected that girl and how she looked at school and socializing the rest of her life.

The main reason for gossiping is that they think they will become popular. The bully starts getting more and more friends, but does the bully not understand how fake that her “friends” really are? They aren’t really her friends. They are more scared of her, than what she or he knows. They aren’t trying to be nice, by being the bully’s friend. They are simply afraid, and don’t want to get put into the same situation as they saw as in the story about the girl sitting alone at lunch. Or they don’t want to get hurt. For instance, I once saw this girl who was friends with a bully. I could see the fear in her eyes, and the guilt written all over her face as she stood behind the bully watching her attack one after another after another. She didn’t want to be friends with the bully anymore, but couldn’t say it because of the fear of getting hurt. A bully may think that they are cool, and pretty, or hot, and popular, and so great because they can hurt another person. But to be honest, the bully may be pretty or hot but the choices he or she is making, just makes them an ugly person. Bullying may cause you more “friends”, you may think, but if you truly think about it…they aren’t really “friends” they are just people that are afraid of you.

Therefore, the many reason of why a person might bully such as fear, and amusement but the one main reason that people bully is becaseu they think they’ll gain popularity. If people start to recognize how bullying affects us and each other’s feelings and their future and what could happen if they continue to do it, maybe it will stop.