Analyzing Jones's Article On Violence

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1. Yes, I think what makes the article effective are the examples that Jones uses to demonstrate that the violence that children observe at young age can have positives outcomes if we do not avoid them and pretend that they do not exist.

2. Violence can be experimented in many different ways, regardless the age or sex of the person. We see violence in television, books, at home, at school, etc. It is just something that cannot be avoided because is real; and as Jones said in the article, it is better to embrace these things than to fear them. Therefore yes, violence plays a large part in everyone's lives, we just have to learn to overcome the negative parts of it and know hoe to convert negative into positive.

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