What’s Up With the Ending?

In the final paragraphs of Bullyville, we fast-forward far into the future. Bart, now an adult with his own family, points out Baileywell to his kids. It still looks like Medieval Times, because some things never change.

Other things do change, however. Bart, for instance, now feels like a totally different person: "I knew I was the same person: an older, bigger Bart," Bart tells us. "But I no longer felt like that bullied kid" (14.35). Bart's year at Baileywell was the worst year of his life, but it was just one year and it sounds like all the years since have been way better. Phew.