Gerard Jones Violent Media Is Good For Kids Essay

In “Violent Media Is Good for Kids,” Gerard Jones states that violence is good for children. Even with all the bad things people have said about the media and the effect of violence on kids, it has helped many kids reveal their feelings and their fears. In Jones article, he uses his own experience as an example of himself when he was a kid. Also, he uses his son and other kids experience as an example. Most kids use their imagination to pretend to be a protagonist they like. From reading this article it has helped me understand more that not all media violence are harmful for children. Violent media have helped kids express their feelings in a good way. With my own experience as a kid, I can relate to Jones experience. In his essay he uses diction, tone, organization and examples. Jones uses

Starting his article he first starts with his own experience as a young boy. His parents, not trusting the violence in the outside world, made him not have many friends. He was a lonely kid. His parents separated him from the other kids that were from the outside world. He always kept his fears and stress to himself because he wasn’t comfortable talking with his parents. For instance, Jones provided in his article his son experience. When his son started first grade, his friends would climb on a tree but he wouldn’t because he was afraid of bugs, falling and sharp branches. Jones then read his son old Tarzan comics, which his son lived in this fantasie for almost two weeks. After the two weeks had past, his son overcame his fear and climb the tree. Another example that Jones used in his article was when he worked with a middle class “nice girl,” who had many family problems. She used gangsta rap to express her feelings of anger. This helped her calm down and avoid drugs. It guide her to college to get an profession as a writer and political