Bell Ringer: What is cruelty? What makes people cruel? If you can, explain a relationship between love and cruelty. //Cruelty is being rude to people , sometimes with the intention of satisfying yourself. An bad event between two people can cause one or both to be cruel to each other. Sometimes someone can be bored and decide to be cruel to another. This happens a lot in your childhood to your siblings. There is a obvious line between cruelty and love. Sometimes you can be cruel to the ones you love. Whether you are in a bad mood, fighting or just kidding around it happens to everyone even if you don't mean to.