Counter-Point Argument Analysis: Hollywood, Stop Exposing Our Kids To Violence

Persuasion: the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. The point argument, "Hollywood, Stop Exposing Our Kids to Violence" is more persuasive and contains facts that better support its claim. While the counterpoint argument contains strong evidence and good points it is not as good at persuading the reader as the point argument. The author uses facts that would hopefully connect with the reader, and that is why the argument is so persuasive.

The point argument uses specific evidence in order to prove its point. In using such evidence the reader can really visualize what violent movies are doing to children. The author provides evidence from the New York Times stating, "exposure to media violence leads to aggression, desensitization toward violence and lack of sympathy for

When the reader sees this it makes them wonder if watching these violent actions does actually desensitize themselves, and even make them feel less sympathy for victims of violent crimes. These thoughts really connect with the reader, and might even persuade them to decrease the amount of violence they watch. The author cites work from a former university professor stating, "What we call entertainment is really propaganda for violence. If you manufacture guns, you don’t need to advertise, because it is done by our entertainment industry" (Point para #6). The author is trying prove that when kids watch violent movies it is just advertising things like guns and other sorts of weapons. The professor believes that violent movies are just propaganda for violence, as kids may think the movies are cool