Violent Ends Book Report

A good way the book was presented was the fact it all happened within fifty four minutes, and the reader knows as some of the minutes pass. It was also presented out of four different eyes. This is both good and bad to me. I think it’s good because it shows how everyone is feeling in their own perspectives throughout the shooting. I also think it’s bad because it tends to get confusing, and it’s hard to keep it all in order. The clarity of the events get scrambled, but I think that was a way she wanted to write it because everyone felt so scrambled, and so were the thoughts they had. One thing I really enjoyed in the book was the fact that the language was a typical teenage language. It would be something my friends and I would say. It makes you really connect with the book. I think the authors attitude towards the subject is serious, she wants to show her readers how much of a problem this is and how important it is in today’s society. Nobody ever writes about the negative part of the world, and she did exactly that in a respectful way. I think the connection to the authors treatment to the subject was the research she did really helped her keep the book interesting, but also she wanted to remain respectful for those who actually have been involved in a tragic event like the one in the book. She treated the subject like she had been through it. The author made it feel like I have been through it, and that

1. In chapter eleven of his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster examines violence in literature, and particularly the way violence functions on multiple levels. Foster identifies two different kinds of violence in literature, and discusses how those two different kinds create different literal and literary meanings. By examining Foster's categories of violence in more detail, one can see how violence in literature serves as an important link between the internal events of a story and the story itself.

Miguel Leon-Portilla author of Broken Spears- The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico, tells the story of the Spanish conquest over the Aztecs from the Aztec point of view. It is more familiar in history that the Spanish led by Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs with a powerful army and established an easy victory all while having intentions to gain power and greed. However, Leon-Portilla focuses on the Aztec Empire and their story. Leon-Portilla does a great job giving readers the real occurrences and events from Aztec members. This paper argues that history must be told from all sides. It is more common to hear about the Spanish conquest

In Raiders of The Lost Ark, the violence is abundant from beginning to end, - a death tally of 63 (allouttabubblegum) -- but we accept it because it is always the “bad guy” getting hurt -- a greedy guide is skewered by a bed of nails, a relentless thug is chopped by a plane propeller, and numerous Nazis meet their comeuppance by having their faces melt off (Raiders). The violence is often gory and realistic. According to the study,

As much as society does not want to admit, violence serves as a form of entertainment. In media today, violence typically has no meaning. Literature, movies, and music, saturated with violence, enter the homes of millions everyday. On the other hand, in Beloved, a novel by Toni Morrison, violence contributes greatly to the overall work. The story takes place during the age of the enslavement of African-Americans for rural labor in plantations. Sethe, the proud and noble protagonist, has suffered a great deal at the hand of schoolteacher. The unfortunate and seemingly inevitable events that occur in her life, fraught with violence and heartache, tug at the reader’s heart-strings. The wrongdoings Sethe endures are significant to the meaning

Besides the intuitive black-and-white graphics, Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close displays a series of gripping texts that range from profound seriousness to adventurous lightheartedness. The story follows through the footsteps of a nine year old boy named Oscar Schell after his father passed away from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Oscar is left traumatized and is constantly unhappy with himself and others. Through his story, Oscar illustrates how to forgive himself from the feelings of regret, loss, and emotional strain. Furthermore, he provides an explicit example showing that even after a painful heart-rending experience, one can overcome fear and transcend grief.

When analyzing character Charles Frazier obviously does a good job developing the characters thought out the book since all the main characters must face some diversity in there

The understanding of the concept of social of construction is in accepting that it is the social process of construction meaning to the things around us. We constructed meaning to those things around us through language and categorizing the world. For example, gender is a social construct in which we created two categories or two genders, male and female. We are put into one of these categories when we are born. Another example could be race, we are again, put into categories based off of our skin color. This social construct is what separates us further as a human from others alike. So what does it mean to say human violence is socially constructed? In understanding this we have to look at other words or language that have been created. Such as the world evil, or the word power. In knowing how these meanings are related to violence we can understand more what classifies as violence and even perhaps, what causes it.

In the book, Among the Enemy, Matthais, Percy, and Alia are going through some trouble. They are kids with fake IDs. Where they live, the third child is illegal and shall be put to death. There is a shortage of food and families are being banished. Since the country has a shortage of food, they need to utilize it carefully. It's the middle of the night and the Population Police have arrived at Neidler School. They come in their big trucks and sirens. Matthias and Percy both wake up to the audible sound. Next thing you know, a Population Police officer barges into their dorm and says, "UP! UP! UP!" Matthias and Percy's initial reaction was to grab extra clothes and pocket knife. They are now walking in the halls. Matthias and percy worry about Alia. They eventually meet up with Alia. The Population Police gather all

In David B’s Novel, Epileptic, violence is a prominent theme throughout the piece of literature. Epileptic is a story of a brother’s epilepsy that carries on sporadically and creates more and more violence into a fantasy. To be exact, violence is behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. In other words, violence is anything that involves hurting in a vicious natural act. His brother’s actions erupt into the violent seizures of war.

Sadly, oppression is a common feature of power structures. It can be identified as a situation where an individual, group, society, culture or state, have power, be it economic, military or political, and exercise that power to disadvantage, and or overpower those who do not. Oppression means control and dominance and is observed in the form of discrimination practices based on gender, class, race, and culture that systematically produce inequalities. Today, oppression is present in the social, institutionalized, and economic domains throughout the world and is usually seen in conjunction with borders, both real and imagined, creating the lines that separate and distinguish between the oppressor and the oppressed.

To begin, the usage of violent content in Ender’s game is used immensely. Not only is it used multitudinous but it is used continuously against others. It even causes some characters to enter a fictitious state of mind. For example,

The Power of One's ending is full of irony, and leaves readers with only their imagination and thoughts.

The article by Malcolm Harris is about negative impact of violent movie and video game characters on young people which lead them to violence. However, the author does good job of emotional appeal, most of his article is based on personal opinions of school students. The writer indicates journalists Stephen Singular and Joyce Singular who study widespread of “mass violence” by young American men, but he does not mention about concrete result of their research. Only one reason mentioned by a 26 years old school student was the feeling to be the winner that could cause student taking gun. In addition, he adds quotes that says about fear and concern of students being shot or killed by their fellows. For instance he brings up a student's’ response

The story “Bestiary” is about a young girl name Isabel, who is sent to be a playmate for a small boy name Nino. At a very sad house with a family that she is familiar with, she remembers them fondly but does not want to go. Violence in this story seems to be either and outlet for most characters that is used to control the other characters. One will find that the “Tiger” in the story is used to represent violence at it most dangerous point. Dictating to the family when and where they can go. Isabel mentions on page 85 that she found pleasure to think that the ants came and went without fear of any tiger. Isabel felt like a prisoner to the violence. Not being able to roam freely throughout the house for fear of the tiger being there.