Violent scenes and scenarios are now a common go-to for movies, books, comics, and much more.
Even though throughout all of the history wars and other violent actions have occurred, great literature never recorded these, but today's literature is full of it. The use of these vicious scenarios was not very common throughout history due to conflicts that arose. It may be that the world is in much more harmony than it once was, but the use of graphic novels has increased over time. This is a result of a new world, with a new era, with new technology evolving. These scenes were not often used due to the graphic circumstances these moments created. The book, 19 Minutes By: Jodi Picoult, involves such a scenario with a school shooting
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taking place at Sterling High School in New Hampshire. In this book, Jodi creates a realistic scene that outlines why it happens, what contributes to these actions, and the end results. In older times, soldiers used guns for wars and violent acts to resolve issues over land and freedom; now with guns and knives being made for other users, those who are bullied are turning to these gadgets in order to "resolve" their problems in the "right" way. In her book, Jodi Picoult did her very best to give an explanation as to why some things, like shootings, happen. The hard part about saying why a shooting is hard to explain as there are many reasons that cause it. In this story, a common one is because of all the bullying Peter received throughout his whole life. The bullied may resolve to vicious actions as they have always seen this as a way to get one's way. The question why is always a hard question to answer because no one ever knows the real reason and the destruction that they have received. Behind every why there are reasons, and there many reasons as to why people decide to end in violent actions like shootings. In this book, Peter became the shooter and murderer due to the acts of bullying that he received over the past eleven years of his life.
Most acts of bullying are dealt with, but not always in the correct way of doing so. Bullying Policies in many schools state that bullying is not tolerated and has consequences that will be used if bullying occurs. However, Jodi draws our attention to the issue that not all schools have a policy that states the consequences of bullying and practically just tells the victim to fight back and stand up for himself. This generally makes things worse for the victim by allowing the bully think that the victim is trying to "embarrass" the bully. With repeated attacks on one, it will have him/her believe they are either "useless" or think that they have to do something to prevent the next attacks, and this may not always be pretty or the "right" way. The results of these intense, repeated attacks can cause the victim Just like this book, shootings are a result of bullying, derogation, and ignorance and end ultimately end with many …show more content…
consequences. 19 Minutes story of the shooter and his shootings also followed the victims of his actions. So, this the book not only told the story of the reasoning behind Peter's, the shooter, actions, it also gave the insights of the wounded. Jodi outlines both the consequences the shooter and the victims receive when Peter is found guilty and sentenced with eight first degree murders and others, leaving him to die in his cell. The victims have been scarred and scared of the traumatic events that they lived through. She shows us that it's not always just the ones directly involved in the events that are scarred, it's even the parents and relatives of the victims. Jodi shares that a mother has committed suicide because her daughter was killed with no relation towards who Peter was targeting. This section contributes to the reasoning of Jodi's book because it shows the damage that is caused to everyone in relation towards the violent acts. It gives reason to the why and what the contributions are as to why the gunman did what he did. The violent action that makes up the book 19 Minutes has its own reasoning, contributors, and results behind it.
Every story had its reason why it happened, and these reasons have changed drastically since older days with the world evolving. The development of the world's technology and advancement humans contribute different aspects to life, the good and the bad. The evolution of the world is a result of violence because of the newer technology and having cruel, destructive sources at one's fingertips. With these and other contributions, the final results change every time it occurs, being for better or for worse. The results have changed over time as well, with it being land and freedom dominating the reason for violence, it is now becoming more of trying to fit in or get back at someone. Jodi's book is not like great literature since it follows violence as its plot line, but it does give a strong message about violence not being the
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2. According to Sobchack, contemporary screen violence greatly differs than portrayals of violence in years past. Today, violent scenes are careless and lack significance because we as audiences have become calloused and desensitized to any acts of violence. She states that there is “no grace or benediction attached to violence. Indeed, its very intensity seems diminished” (Sobchack 432). Senseless violence, gruesome acts, and profound amounts of gore are prevalent in movies today, and because even this is not enough, it must be accompanied by loud blasts and noise, constantly moving scenes to keep audiences stimulated and large quantities of violence for viewers to enjoy what they are watching. Decades ago, it was the story that was engaging to audiences and filmmaking was an art.
Alex Cormier, the single mother of Josie Cormier, begins in the novel, Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult, as a hard-working mother who unintentionally sets similar high standards for her daughter to follow. After an accident that changes the lives of so many people, Alex realizes that she cannot continue her old ways. She must improvise and go off instinct instead of sheer knowledge and help her daughter begin and continue to heal both mentally and physically. Despite having to throw herself of her comfort zone to help her daughter recover from the shooting at Sterling High by an old friend, Alex Cormier becomes a dynamic character and has changed throughout the events in the novel when she realizes that she must break her addiction to working, and through small steps and working learning to accept ideas from others, Alex begins to heal her relationships with the people she loves.
To begin, this powerful essay focuses everything on violence and how it is being used by games, movies, and even the most influential people such as the president. The author, Barbara Kingsolver central point is to let readers understand the wrongfulness of the violence being shown and done by humans especially in schools. How can the
Around the world there are many different problems going on. There's money problems, homelessness, Drug use,human trafficking etc. In this case bullying is one of those problems that we’re focusing on. This can relate to so many different people in the world because bullying is popular, and happens a lot either it’s in school or outside of school. Yet bullying is more likely to happen in school than out of school in closed areas where there's no supervision or adult in sight, which gives bullies the chance to do whatever and not get in trouble. There are different types of bullying and not all are the same but verbal is like the same exact thing as a punch in the stomach because words hurt just as much. Family first aid statistics say that about 30 percent of teenagers in the U.S. has been the
Although bullying itself can be violent behavior, often times violence is an actual after effect of the harm done by the bullying. Because of the depression or low self esteem after a bullying incident, both bullies and victims sometimes feel the need to lash out violently in order to handle the situation at hand. Although this is not necessary, in some minds this is the only way to handle a situation. These violent lashes can often lead to more serious violence and even illegal activity that could end in criminal charges. One clear cut way to avoid some of these major violence issues is to know how to handle the
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton proves the point that violence can be justified if necessary. To inflict change in their lives people often fight with violence instead of peace to evoke change. The world strives for change everyday whether or not you like it. How the people create a change in society whether they use peace or war, it is up to them to decide how to modify our ever changing world. Violence and fight between the Socs and Greasers tells us that both can be justified if it inflicts positive change in society. ‘
Bullying has become a major problem facing the United States today. The American Psychological Association reports that roughly 40% to 80% of children are involved in bullying on some level during their time in school. (APA, 2014) The magnitude of the problem can be observed in the statistics. In the United States, a total of 4,080,879 children between the ages of five and 18 have been the victims of bullying compared to 3,892,199 who have reported that they have engaged in bullying someone else. Additionally, 851,755 said that they have been both the victim and the bully. That's a whopping 8,824,833 people in the United States that have been involved in bullying behavior on one level or another. (High, B., 2000 Census)
In this paper, I will discuss two different magazine articles on how to deal with bullies and two scholarly research articles. One of the research articles discusses mental health and suicide issues that may be caused from being bullied. The other article discusses how schools use different strategies that can be effective or not effective in stopping bullying.
The crisis of bullying has grown dramatically in the past years. Bullying surrounds everyone, from daily harassing insults that are thrown around in the hallways, to bruising from shoves or punches, and even to lethal bullets. Never before have there been large amounts of horrendous cases of bullying with fatal results – the growing prevalence i...
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
Because of this, filmmakers had to go about shooting these films in ways that more alluded to violence, than actually
Bullying is a growing concern in a society where status and exercising power over another human being are increasingly important in developing one’s social circles. Dan Olweus (Norwegian researcher and founder of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program) defines it as an “aggressive behaviour that is intentional and that involves an imbalance of power. Most often, it is repeated over time” (Violencepreventionworks.org). School victimization is an especially delicate matter that has only really been in the public eye for the past half century, as more and more researchers and psychologists pointed out its short- and long-term negative effects on targeted individuals. It has since been widely investigated and numerous programs have been developed in an effort to address and prevent the many forms of bullying that exist today. The negative effects of such an abusive behaviour are various and can greatly differ from individual to individual. However, there are three main consequences that can be associated with school bullying, which are: school avoidance, depression/anxiety and even suicidal attempts.
Bullying has been around for decades and yet it is still a reoccurring problem, and it is only getting worse. The National Center for Educational Statistics, in 2009, said nearly 1 in 3 students between the ages of 12 and 18 reported being bullied in school. Eight years earlier, only 14 percent of that population said they had experienced bullying(Ollove,2014). There are two types of bullying the direct form and indirect form, in the direct form the victim receives physical harm example kicking pushing shoving. In the indirect form the victim receives emotional or mental harm by name-calling, rejection, gossip, threats, or insults(Green,2007). It doesn’t matter which way the victim was bullied it still causes
Bullying has been a part of schooling for as long as children have been congregating. To some it seems like a natural, though uncomfortable, part of life and school experience, while to others it can mean terrifying experiences which spoiled and characterized otherwise happy years in school. Dan Olweus, a pioneer in bully behavior research documented that 2.7 million children are affected as victims, and that 2.1 children act as bullies (Fried, 1997, as cited in Aluedse, 2006). With bullying cited as the reason for violent, gun-related crime in the past few years, school districts as well as national governments have put anti-bullying policies in place. Bullying is a complicated phenomenon, involving more than one child demanding lunch money from a smaller child. It is a worldwide epidemic hitting schools everywhere. Virtually everyone has seen or experienced bullying. With technological advances, bullying is even hitting the internet. Parents, teachers, students and governments agencies alike are attempting to put a stop to bullying practices.
Shootings and physical violence are only part of the problem in schools. More than twenty percent of students have encountered bullying whi...