Peer victimization as a social behavior between children and their peers has become of paramount importance within educational institutions. Two Canadian literary works, Cat's Eye and The Shape of a Girl, have succeeded in highlighting the psychological pain inflicted on others through bullying. In Cat's Eye by author Margaret Atwood, Elaine Risley, recalls her childhood memories of a relationship with a bully and how it affected her life and transformed her from a weak girl into a strong woman. The Shape of a Girl by playwright Joan MacLeod, tells the audience a short story between a victim and a bully, Braidie. Due to the destructive psychological effects caused by bullying, many people have been forced to live a life in complete fear. However, the way people deal with these situations is significantly different. Many victims tend to hold these repressed emotions deep in their hearts, producing psychological damage. It can also be identified from the literature that a bully may also suffer from similar psychological pain as the victim, but struggles to find a way to deal with their pain, resulting in an endless chain of peer victimization. By understanding both the victim's and the bully's perspectives, one can finally understand that these very different characters have essentially parallel personalities. Being bound by the tormentors of their lives, victims are unable to free themselves from the chain that prevents them from discovering themselves. An unfortunate victim of bullying, Elaine Risley was played by Margaret Atwood to show qualities of fear and her struggle for individuation: “I have this problem too now; too close to a mirror and I'm blurry, too far back and I can't see details. (Atwood 15) With the weakened… center of the card… slammed by a bully, the victims are unable to escape the endless loop. Bullies, on the other hand, don't even bother to understand the victim's suffering. However, even though bullies may have their own reason behind their display of power, their mentality is actually quite similar to that of a victim. Destructive psychological effects inflicted on others create unfortunate victims who deal with situations differently, some remain silent while others inflict more pain on others. While modern literature like Cat's Eye and The Shape of a Girl only highlights the endless cycle of decay in the education system, a journey to self-individuation is the solution needed by both the victim and the bully to put an end to this outrageous trend . Cited MacLeod, Joan. The shape of a girl; jewel. Vancouver: Talon, 2002. Print.Atwood, Margaret. Cat's eye. New York: Doubleday, 1988. Print.