Zale Hoddenbach's Blocking The Transmission Of Violence

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Violence is huge in today’s world and continues to get worse and worse as the years go by. People go throughout their days being controlled by violence and all it brings. Being controlled by an act such as violence will have an effect on the person that you will become and the outcome of your future. Violence has consequences, ruins lives, and it controls you and the actions you take. All choices have consequences. Whether they be good or bad every choice you make has an effect on you or someone else. This is true for even the smallest of choices you do, for example, if you choose to brush your teeth or not. The consequence for that would be good breath if you good or bad breath if you don’t. It goes for violence too. Acting in violence will have a negative consequence. In the passage, “Blocking the Transmission of Violence” the author tells a story of two men who’s lives have had major consequences because of violence. I’d like to talk about one of those men. His name was Zale Hoddenbach. Zale was in prison because of armed violence. His choice of acting …show more content…

Like in the play “Hamlet”, after finding out his father was murdered he found himself in a never ending cycle of violence. He let the thought of getting revenge for his father consume him and he wouldn’t let it go. He let it ruin his life. He lost his friends, gave up on his love, and ended up dead. Yeah I know that’s just a play and isn’t even real but is a great example of why violence is ruining the lives of people. It ruined Zales life as I talked about. And is ruining more than that. “For 25 years, murder has been the leading cause of death among African-American men between the ages 15 and 34.” (Kotlowitz 72-73). Murder being the leading cause of death starting at the age of 15. These people have lives to live. It is ruining their family’s lives. Violence is effecting the people around you and the ones you

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