“Nothing good ever comes from violence” (Martin Luther). Similarly in the science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury good doesn’t come from violence. In the book the government controls every aspect of life. Books are being burned and kids are learning nothing in society. Violence is seen as normal and is used for entertainment. Montag, the protagonist in the book is a fireman who learns the truth about the society he lives in. In the article “Reducing School Violence Through Conflict Resolution” by David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson touches on what causes violence in society and schools and how to fix it. In both the article and the book violence is becoming a social normality, because of issues in a family and mass media influence.
In the novel, problems within a family can often hurt every member in the family, usually leading to violence. The article explains how children have become more isolated from their parents and extended family because of divorce, drugs, poverty, and abuse. A child’s response to conflict because of family issues “to be violent when faced with a conflict” (ascd.org). These children have very few people to look up to or learn from; their parents who they do look up to show violence in the home or do not teach their kids morals so they believe it's okay to be violent towards …show more content…
The government killing an innocent man just to keep up entertainment is just making violence normal in this society. In both the article and the book violence is made normal by the media making not seem as bad. If these problems of violence continue in this society, violence will remain normal in society.
Violence is normal in both modern day society and Fahrenheit 451 because of issues in a family and media influence. Violence can be stopped by not accepting it in society and speaking out against people that normalize it. This violence needs to stop or the world could see many people dying everyday because of this normalization of
In the novel, problems within a family can often hurt every member in the family, usually leading to violence. The article explains how children have become more isolated from their parents and extended family because of divorce, drugs, poverty, and abuse. A child’s response to conflict because of family issues “to be violent when faced with a conflict” (ascd.org). These children have very few people to look up to or learn from; their parents who they do look up to show violence in the home or do not teach their kids morals so they believe it's okay to be violent towards …show more content…
The government killing an innocent man just to keep up entertainment is just making violence normal in this society. In both the article and the book violence is made normal by the media making not seem as bad. If these problems of violence continue in this society, violence will remain normal in society.
Violence is normal in both modern day society and Fahrenheit 451 because of issues in a family and media influence. Violence can be stopped by not accepting it in society and speaking out against people that normalize it. This violence needs to stop or the world could see many people dying everyday because of this normalization of