Violence And Literature: The Effects Of Violence In Literature
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Violence in Literature
Have you ever wondered if literature has an effect on people that read it? Well I believe it does, and violence in literature has a negative effect on the people who allow themselves to be susceptible to it. People who read violent literature, or see violent media are more likely to break laws and commit horrible deeds and may even go so far as murdering someone. There has been so much violence in this world already, which is why I don’t understand why authors of books, tv shows and movies continue to write graphic, aggressive events that seem realistic. All that is doing is giving ideas about committing violent acts to emotionally unstable individuals.
“In many respects, twentieth century defined itself by reflecting the prevalent violence of modern society from the destruction of large-scale of murder, rape and abuse” (“Violence in literature- Introduction” n.pg). Authors learned this trend, to add violence in their literature,
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that violence in literature has a negative effect on people who allow themselves to be susceptible to it. people who read violent literature or see violent media are more likely to break laws and commit horrible deeds.
- Analyzes how the twentieth century defined itself by reflecting the prevalent violence of modern society from the destruction of large-scale murder, rape and abuse.
- Explains that violence originates from the latin violentia, meaning vehemence, which implies an intense force. there are many possible causes of violence including racism, sexism, and religious oppression.
- Argues that children are exposed to their fair share of violence even if we don't want them to be. television shows, movies, and books show an extreme amount of violent content that can definitely have an impact on the youth.
- Explains that children's brains develop a little each day. they mostly learn from watching others and from material they are exposed to.
- Argues that if schools and parents educated and urged students to watch out for their peers that may be emotionally unstable and try to help them, some violence could easily be prevented.
- Explains that violence is a topic that should not be unnoticed or just looked over because it is extremely widespread. books and movies represent different authors’ viewpoints on certain topics of literature.
- Explains that analysts have examined the effect of violent media and books on citizens, such as television, movies, videogames, and music.
- Opines that violence in literature should be minimized and replaced with more influential topics that reflect on a more positive impact on society.
Authors tend to use violence to make their works of literature more appealing to the readers. It has been examined for many years and by several philosophers, but its exact character and the reasoning behind it is still questioned. It is proven that children learn from what they are exposed to and that if they read or watch violent material, they may eventually develop a negative persona. Violence today is very widespread and needs to be acknowledged as a major issue for everyone. There are many incidents where violence in literature has affected individuals in a negative way. It has affected their thought process and made horrific acts seem intriguing to the point where they want and do, in some cases, participant in carrying out ferocious acts. The violence in literature should be minimized and replaced with more influential topics that reflect on a more positive impact on
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that nonviolence remains prevalent and influential in children's and young adult literature, though its methods may encourage ideas that are against the basic idea of satyagraha.
- Analyzes how meg cabot's series, the shadow children, focuses more on social reform than political, when the main character, lena, rebels against her society’s custom to surgically alter the brain
- Compares the shadow children and the delirium trilogy, which are both primarily based in nonviolence. the younger target demographic allows to explore "grey area" topics with and audience with more emotional depth.
- Analyzes how age differences bleed into the way nonviolence is used in the shadow children books. traditional methods are the safest forms of civil disobedience for children to study and emulate, but as children grow older, they begin wandering into morally uncertain territory.
- Analyzes how the issues being fought over in each series are different. for luke and the other third children, the struggle comes from being denied basic human rights.
- Analyzes how the nature of justice in the delirium trilogy is ambiguous. the rebels believe they have the right to not get the procedure that removes their ability to feel love.
- Analyzes how the shadow children's goal is to overthrow the oppressive government and replace it with a kinder system to allow third children to integrate into the community without fearing for their lives.
- Analyzes how the delirium trilogy's fate of nonviolence seems to be heading in a downward spiral.
- Analyzes how princess academy: palace of stone differs from the other two books in that it uses both aggressive and passive resistance methods to incite anger and persuade people to resort to violence.
- Illustrates how the princess uses symbolism to reach the people and connect with them on a deeper level.
- Analyzes how nonviolence is an admired form of conflict resolution that is not belittled by members. in the shadow children, jen led a march on the white house and convinced luke to join the movement
- Explains that truth (satya) implies love, and firmness (agraha) engenders and thus serves as a synonym for force, which is born of truth and love or nonviolence.
- Analyzes how the actions derived from a satyagraha approach would most certainly be nonviolent in nature, but that is only scratching the surface of the true meaning.
- Argues that american culture is fixated on violence, and that nonviolent literature fails to conform to gandhi's higher standards.
- Opines that fischer, louis, ed. the essential gandhi: an anthology of his writings on his life, work, and summary.
- Describes shannon hale's "palace of stone." the official site of shannon.
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- Analyzes how jones' article, violent media is good for kids, supports the argument that a controlled amount of violence could be beneficial for young, developing children.
- Analyzes how logos plays a major role in giving the article credibility. jones quotes psychologist melanie moore to provide strong evidence.
- Analyzes how jones uses only one source for his article, stating that 's involvement with violent media is his evidence and the source is himself.
- Analyzes how jones is constantly stating his own evidence, which he has gathered from experiences throughout his life. he created a program called "power play."
- Analyzes how jones is a well-known comic book author and deals with violent story writing for children all the time. jones has done multiple personal studies showing how moderate amount of violence can be beneficial to the young mind.
- Analyzes how jones founded "power play," which helps children expand their knowledge and sense of power through violent and heroic stories. the experience gave him insight which helped him develop a stronger argument.
- Analyzes how jones reveals ethos and appeals to certain emotions throughout the article. he hits the reader hard right off the bat with a heartbreaking story of his childhood.
- Analyzes how jones is constantly playing with emotions in different ways. he makes the readers mad during spots when he makes parents seem mean.
- Analyzes how jones clarifies his side of the argument by saying, "i'm not going to argue that violent entertainment is harmless. i think it has helped inspire some people to real-life violence."
- Analyzes how jones creatively gave readers evidence to support his argument and his credibility, as well as played with their emotions. this could have been approached a different way where he overpowers the readers with facts, but the way it was written keeps people entertained.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the theme of violence throughout various literary works in american literature. they conclude that the group or individual singled out in the works is the victim of the violence because the enemy has something to gain.
- Analyzes how maya angelou's poem, "caged bird," demonstrates how a personal struggle can turn into violence.
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- Explains that the works studied this semester all share a common theme of violence, that one party gains in violence.
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688 wordsRead More - violence and moviesanalytical essayMovies and Violence Before a person reaches the age of 18 they will have witnessed over 40,000 murders, and over 400,000 other acts of violence. One research study concluded that just one hour of television everyday will increase the chances of a person committing an act of violence by four times. Violence depicted in movies will leave an impression on the viewer and the feelings they had about violence will slowly and subtly begin to change as the person becomes desensitized to violence.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that just one hour of television daily will increase the chances of a person committing an act of violence by four times. violence depicted in movies will leave an impression on the viewer.
- Explains that violent imagery in films, games, and other media sow aggression in society by rendering viewers insensitive to acts of these types. the correlation between violent media and aggressive behavior is stronger than that of calcium intake and bone mass.
- Explains how movies like bonnie and clyde and natural born killers depicted violence and mayhem in ways that made them seem tame.
- Explains how eric tavulares, who strangled his girlfriend in 2008, was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison. his parents filed a $33 million lawsuit against several entertainment corporations.
- Analyzes how ben darras and his girlfriend sarah shot a mill manager named bill savage in the back of the head twice. john grisham publicly accused stone of being irresponsible.
- Opines that if an unstable mind is influenced by a movie, the results can be devastating.
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that the safest road to hell is the gradual one — even the most appalling crimes can deteriorate the moral compass built up due to society, family values, and religion.
- Analyzes how bullying is done in a completely new way thanks to the internet. eight teenagers lured, beaten and taunted another teenager girl, filming it and posting it to various websites.
- Explains that the average american watches more than four hours of television each day and 99% of households own at least one television in the home.
- Argues that television shows, not limited to media violence, do the same thing. the girl imitates her mother and, if she should have children, would put to use the skills she learned.
- Explains that observational learning is defined as specific behavior learned through observing others. desensitization is a gradual progression that involves how quick an individual's emotional responsiveness towards violence would be.
- Explains that a study by nicholas l. carnagey et al. used the monitoring of the person's heart rate and the galvanic skin response to understand how they reacted towards violence.
- Compares the results of two studies conducted by margaret hanratty thomas, robert w. horton, and elaine c. lippincott.
- Argues that the current findings are inaccurate and that media violence does not have a proven correlation with real life violence.
- Analyzes the effect of video game violence on physiological desensitization to real-life violence.
- Explains the national center for children exposed to violence's "statistics (violence in the media - nccev).
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the impact of televised violence on children is a logical reaction to life's problems.
- Explains that the controversy over whether or not violence portrayed on television affects children has been playing itself out for nearly three decades.
- Opines that the media has been endlessly finger pointing to who's to blame for the violence on television. some executives claim they are only reflecting society.
- Explains that the average american child spends more time watching television than in the classroom, making the television an "electronic teacher."
- Argues that if the amount of television watched is too large of a problem to overcome in the near future, maybe we need to look towards something else.
- Explains that even the news media use violence as a ratings-grabber. steven levy accused the tv news industry of using the columbine high school shooting to gain viewers.
- Analyzes how katie couric's emotional interview with two bereaved victims was great television, but as nbc and its cable sisters reran it as frequently as an mtv video, the line between news and tear-jerking entertainment got fuzzier.
- Opines that levy doesn't blame the news media for the columbine tragedy, stating that suburban-school killers easily outpace a complicated conflict.
- Opines that the news media's role in this topic is miniscule, but the rest of the television industry picks up the slack.
- Analyzes the national television violence study, which found that over the three years the study lasted, almost 40% of the violent acts on tv were carried out by the "good guys."
- Explains that the other study, conducted by the center for communication policy at ucla, found an actual decrease in the amount of violence in prime-time series and made-for-tv movies.
- Argues that the ntvs's 57% figure is based on an overly broad definition of violence.
- Explains that a brief shot of dead bodies counts as violence, as does credible threat of physical force. a punch in the nose could count as much as an on-screen decapitation in determining violent content.
- Explains that jonathan freedman, a psychology professor at the university of toronto, takes the position that the evidence in all these studies does not show an association between aggressive behavior and tv violence.
- Opines that if a drug company brought in this kind of evidence and said they want to show that this new drug works, the [fda] would certainly not license that drug.
- Opines that it's up to us to decide what our kids should watch.
- Opines that they'll watch the terminator and hope that someone doesn't come barging through their house ready to kill them in a search for john connor.
- Describes leo, john, levy, steven, and posch, robert. "what you do emerges from who you are".
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that media and family violence impact negatively on children's lives because they don't differentiate between what is right or wrong around them. children are exposed to violence inside their homes or when they watch programs, games, or hear music that contain different kinds of violence.
- Explains that media influences children's behavior because they imitate what they watch or hear. children don't understand that guns cause damage to innocent people and are dangerous in the wrong hands.
- Explains that family violence affects children in their thoughts and interactions with others because the violence they see is real, and it is between their own parents who they love.
- Explains that some children have problems in school, such as not paying attention in their classes, fighting with others in the classroom or not following the rules. others need professional help as a psychologist.
- Explains that family violence brings another kind of suffering into children's lives, and it is child physical abuse. children receive hitting in their body because their parents do not know how to control their anger.
- Explains that bruising, burns, and fractures are evidence that children are suffered physical abuse by their parents or other people in their family.
- Recommends that teachers pay attention in any sign of physical or psychological abuse and recognize when children make a change in their habitual attitude or behavior.
892 wordsRead More - Violent Media...Good for Kids?analytical essayIn “Violent Media is Good for Kids” Gerard Jones introduces us to his fearful and lonesome childhood. He lived in a world where he was taught to be the violence fearing, and passive boy his parents wanted him to be. But, when one of his mother’s students gave him a Marvel comic book, his fearfulness was transformed into inspiration. He found a way to escape these discouraging feelings through the “stifled rage and desire for power” (Jones 285) that he had newly found. The popular comic book hero “The Hulk” freed him from his passive and lonely persona. Throughout the article he cites his testimonies and the testimonies of others as examples; and shows how they used violence as a positive realm for “overcoming powerlessness.” (Jones 287) Ultimately, Jones is trying to convey the message that violent media can provide kids with psychological tools for coping with the problems that they face as they grow. Although there are slight hints of biased evidence, “Violent Media is Good for Kids” should be considered for the top prize for persuasive essays.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how gerard jones' "violent media is good for kids" conveys the message that violent media can provide kids with psychological tools for coping with problems that they face as they grow.
- Analyzes how jones proves to be deserving of the persuasiveness prize due to his success in refuting the alternative viewpoints.
- Analyzes how gerard jones creates an intense feeling of understanding through both pathos and logos. he examines a teenage girl's life by listening to "gangsta rap."
- Analyzes how jones avoids rhetorical fallacies like appealing to tradition. he shows us constructive values such as confidence, empowerment, and self-assurance.
- Analyzes how gerard jones makes a remarkable candidate for the persuasiveness prize. he cites examples and expert testimonies to appeal to the reader.
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- Analyzes the controversy of violence levels in the media. television prides itself in giving america what it wants and america wants violence.
- Explains that the federal radio commission was formed in 1923. the fcc set the standards of television viewing and provided options for those who disagreed.
- Opines that children's minds are being torn by the moral issues of violence and anger, but the line between reality and fiction has become blurred.
- Opines that america's thresholds of violence are expanding as we see something, get over the initial shock, and crave more. violence is simply a form of entertainment and can be seen throughout the country at all different levels.
- Opines that the only answers that can be given are those that lie in individual morals, and for children, the ones their parents enfold them in.
- Opines that the fcc can hardly be held accountable, for it is fed by the support from viewers like us.
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