Gerard Jones Violent Media Is Good For Kids Essay

As violence becomes more and more common place in today society people are searching for something to blame. Experts tend to use violent video games a scapegoat. They believe that kids that play video games where violence is glorified are more likely to be violent in real life. Author Gerard Jones disagree with this ideas and make a good argument against it in his article "Violent media is Good for Kids." I believe this article is best because it has the most important point and uses his life experience to tell it. In his thesis said that comics book which some think are immature and gloried violence actually teach pacifism and tolerance. He goes on to say that we must learn to how to handle are rage and not try to avoid it. It is an

important human trait that can be use for good. Then in this article he goes on to give example from his own life to show how comic book and media has made a positive effect on his life.

The first example he gives was when he was little in school at first he had trouble fitting in and had trouble fitting in. In comic book he found a fantasy world where he started to control his rage. This help him find a group of like minded friend where he could feel like he belong. Another example he used comes later in his life when he now has his own kids. One day he hears that unlike his kids friend he is scare of climbing trees. Trying to help him overcome his fears he share the story of Tarzan with him. This story teaches kids about overcoming their fears and being brave, and this fantasy story help his son over come his own fear. I think this is a great argument because it is easy to relate to because he pulls on experience from his own life. Dealing with problem that every human has to go thought. When it comes to refuting the opposition he does a great job of that too. He said that greed, power-hunger and rage are emotions that every human has to have. So it is better that kids at a young age start to learn to deal with these feeling. He goes on to cite some an experts who support his belief. He also refutes the opposition by telling more stories from his own. He talks about a kid who was always telling violent stories and

would have a goring fantasy. He took this create spirit and help her turn into writing stories and study journalism in college. I believe this is a great essay because it uses stories from his personal life and experts opinion to get his view on media influence on society.
Violence is problem that we face as a society, but it is not a new problem it is something that has been there since their was two people on this planet. Does violent media make our youth more likely to commit violence. While some people believe this I do not and think it is just a scapegoat, and believe like the previous article state that media helps us deal with emotion that every one feels. For every one at one time will feel rage or anger and learning how to control these emotions is important part of growing up. It is more dangerous to hide these feeling and pretend that they do not against. For then when they do pop up in life we will not be able to control our action and that can lead to violence. It is important that kids nowadays see violence for what it is, for it will always be around and one day we will have to be a victim of it. The glorification of violence is also not something that is new some of oldest told stories have excess violence in them. Even back that it I believe people have been able to tell the difference between fantasy and real world. So what could be the cause in the increase in violence. I going to state two things that I believe are cause of our new violent world. The first is the breakdown of the family in American. Kids are growing up nowadays with less guidelines and no one to teach them right from wrong. They are force to make adult decisions at younger and younger ages and this is leading to a general downward fall of society. The second is the national news media and the glorification of the criminal. Today a person that commit an unspeakable crime face will be posted on every TV and his name will be remember. Every one wants their fifth teen minutes of fame, and sadly for some they see violence as the only way that they will be remember. That is why I beleive that a violent media can be translated in to violence in the real world.