Three boys who are much smaller than Albert but who beat him up daily after school regardless. They tease Albert for being poor and for not wanting to fight back, and they have no qualms about verbally and physically bullying Ally and Keisha one day as well. At this point Albert punches the ringleader, which is implied to bring the end of the bullies' reign of terror over Albert.
The Bullies Quotes in Fish in a Tree
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Chapter 50
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I feel like I'm going to cry. Thinking how Albert has come to school every day with those bruises for all this time. We always asked him what it would take for him to fight back. Turns out it was protecting us.
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The Bullies Quotes in Fish in a Tree
The Fish in a Tree quotes below are all either spoken by The Bullies or refer to The Bullies. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 50
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I feel like I'm going to cry. Thinking how Albert has come to school every day with those bruises for all this time. We always asked him what it would take for him to fight back. Turns out it was protecting us.
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