Between Spectrums

The World Can Be Like The Infanta

Hey Readers

I apologize for not posting yesterday. It was pretty busy yesterday. Finishing assignments, Registering   for the class I was able to register. Hope this makes it up.

So this week in the reading class, we read the short story called "The Birthday of The Infanta" by Oscar Wilde. In the story it talks about how the Infanta was celebrating her birthday with her friends. She enjoyed the entertainment, but what was most amusing to her was a little dwarf that does a little dance for her and her friends. After the dance the Infanta throw a white rose to the dwarf as a gesture of a good show, while the dwarf misunderstood and took as a sign that the Infanta likes him. So after the Infanta and her friends return to the palace, the dwarf follows her. The dwarf had a pretty happy life. Despite the trees and plants hating him and birds liking him he didn't seem to have a care in the world. But while he was looking for the Infanta he comes across a mirror. At first he thought it was a hideous monster that copied his every move. But to his horror he discovers that it was himself. And it was then that he realized that the Infanta and her friends were laughing at him because of his size and ugliness and it broke his heart to the point where he died. The Infanta saw him and wanted him to dance again so she and her friends can laugh at him again. But he didn't move. It was then that a adviser went to the body and finds that the poor dwarf died. After he told the Infanta that he died of a broken heart she was disgusted and told her friends that in order to play with her one must not have a heart.

You think the Infanta would have remorse for unintentionally killing the dwarf that she would have a change of heart. But it didn't. Sometimes the world can be cruel like that, Some people choose to bully those with autism because they're easy targets that can get angry easily. Bullying is never good because it hurts people. Even if one is just joking, some people with autism can take it seriously and it can be damaging to their confidence and self-esteem. I myself had been an easy target for teasing but I chose to act and not be acted upon. I choose not to let people tease me because the things they say are not true and therefore shouldn't bother me. I can tell the difference between friendly teasing and unfriendly teasing I sometimes do some friendly teasing but bullying is never a good thing. Sometimes like the dwarf, those with autism don't realize till later that mean people laugh at them and tease them a lot. And it can lead to depression. It is important that we talk to them if they ever are depress or sad it's important that we try to talk to them and find out what's wrong. It also applies to other people. May we treat those with autism with respect and show that the words that cruel people say to them are not true. And we should let them that if they do the bullying that it's not a good thing.

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Thank you for your time

Tay Gallagher