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…Gangs and our Society On any given day, you can pick up a newspaper or turn on a television and find something about gang violence. A Los Angeles deaf girl was shot to death while signing to a friend. Police say that she was shot because a gang member…

…paced segments instead of the usual seriousness of nightly news. Tabloid television's negative aspects in alternative newscasts, especially Entertainment Tonight, include excessive display of violence, the encouragement of substance abuse…

…VIOLENCE&PUNISHMENT IN PULP FICTION         Pulp Fiction, one of the most highly acclaimed films of 1995, was without a doubt a shocking and controversial movie. Drugs, sex…

…. Dashiell Hammett's hero, Sam Spade, is violent, but his violence was not merely that of sensationalism. It was rather a kind of meaningful violence, sometimes an explicit description and implicit criticism of a corrupt society. (Durham, 195) Violence is most…

…are usually accompanied by use of explicit and degrading lyrics, which are very dangerous to the youth of today. While rappers will claim that they’re simply rapping about reality, all too often they use violence as the vehicle to tell the story of their lives…

…novel. ‘Guerrillas’ and ‘A Bend in the River’ also have similar themes and settings. The themes of violence, friendships/relationships, prejudice and hatred are evident in both novels. The social setting of the novels is similar even though the exact…

…up to 4 hours engulfed in an imaginary world of bloodshed, robbery, and murder. Being brainwashed from a picture on the screen that celebrates violence, children are typically not taught, or too distracted to be to be able to recognize the difference…

…from listening to rap at a friend’s house. Small children should not have to hear bad words at all. Violent songs are a bad influence because they make kids think that violence is cool. Rap artists should not support bad behavior because they have become…

…. The violence brought from guns cause about 32,000 tragic deaths. In the U.S. alone, approximately 60 percent of all murder victims were killed with a gun. That is about 12,000 people. 7,000 more were injured and many were permanently disabled because of guns…

…amount of violence shown. The article, "Is Violent Television Destroying Our Children" gave the amount of violent acts shown on a randomly chosen day. The statistics were, "2,605 violent acts were shown on Thursday, April 7, 1995, on a Washington, D.C home…