Jonny vs Micke

Jonny and Micke are the two children who bully Oskar. Jonny is shown to be the more aggressive bully however I believe that Micke is much worst. First of all Oskar never knows where he stands with Micke. One minute Micke is trying to help him and the next Micke is forcing Oskar to eat sand. At least with Jonny, Oskar knows what is going to happen. The first time we see Jonny and Micke they are hunting down Oskar (who is trapped in the locker room) in this scene we see how Micke bullies Oskar. Instead of just bursting into the room and hit Oskar. Micke uses some physiological torment by telling him ‘we know you’re in there piggy’ and ‘don’t make us hunt you’. These scare Oskar and force him to take refuge in his locker. When Micke and Jonny enter the locker room they open each locker individually. I believe that they are doing this to build suspense for Oskar. They of course know what locker he is going to be in because each locker would have a code on, so he would only be able to hide in one. The next time we see Micke he finds Oskar sitting alone in a sandpit. This is where we see Micke acting kind towards Oskar. After the events that occurred in the locker room Oskar probably wouldn’t trust Micke so when he started to be kind and try to help Oskar it would mess with his head. Then as soon as Jonny shows up Micke turns back against Oskar and again assaults him. Again in this scene we see that Jonny is the physical bully, always hitting Oskar and forcing him to humiliate and degrade himself. But Micke in this scene appears to try and help Oskar but I feel it is a bit convenient that as soon as Micke tells Oskar to leave Jonny shows up. I think that Micke and Jonny planned this to mess with Oskar’s trust and see if they can get him to trust Micke to further bully him. I feel that Micke is a lot worst that Jonny. As I’ve already said Oskar never knows where he stands with Micke. Also at the end of the play we can see why Jonny is a bully, we don’t forgive or think it is just, but we see why he does it. The only reason that Jonny bullies people is because of his background. In the final part of the play we meet Jimmy, Jonny’s older brother. Jimmy is a lot worst that Jimmy and goes a lot further than Jonny ever would, even attempting to kill Oskar by drowning him. This demonstrates to us that there is clearly something going on in Jonny and Jimmy’s home. We know that their parents are divorced and their mother has remarried so we know that they come from a broken home. However we do not get any insight on why Micke is a bully. We never even hear about his family or any relationships so we can assume because it isn’t mentioned there are no problems with his home life.