Violence In American Literature Analysis

“The United States had exploded in new forms of violence-assassination, riots in protest against racial oppression and against war, violence related to drugs and just youthful exuberance, and even forms of cult violence”(Cowan). Much of American literature is reflected upon modern society consisting of crime, murders, gangs, and warfare—factors that appeal to violence. The feeling of suspense creates a pounding effect in the individual to think and act a certain way after reading a work. They think differently about their society and the people in them. Violence reveals the underlying structure of human motives and passions. However, the fighting and killing in American literature does not necessarily mean all of society is violent, “but literary …show more content…
I was a high school sophomore when this incident occurred and as a student, I went off my day going to my regular classes. Soon as I can remember, it was already fifth period, just one class left before the day ended. Fifth period was gym class. I got dressed and went outside to my assigned number. All of a sudden, I see many students running towards the I-wing, a wing relatively close from the blacktop where class is usually held at. I heard a lot of yelling and cheering towards the people who were fighting. Then I see a teacher rush to the scene. He breaks up the fight and comes back with a bloody nose. All of the other teachers saw how the situation got and decided to cancel class and so all of the other students including me just sat on the wet blacktop all period long. The bell rang and I went to my last class which was Spanish class. There was ten minutes left of class when abruptly the announcements went on announcing that each building on campus was going to be evacuated one by one. The school administration did this in order to keep the peace on campus, but soon enough, that plan did not work out. As soon as the bell rang, I waited patiently for my building to be released and as I step outside, I saw pure mayhem. I was walking franticly to my school bus and as I did, I passed through a fight between these two guys. I then see two security guards coming at …show more content…
In Christopher Columbus’ case, he was of Catholic faith and white while the Natives were brown skin and believed in a different religion. In societies like Beverly Hills, incidents of massive violence rarely occur in those neighborhoods due to the fact that the residents do not hold a difference between each other in terms of territory. The wealthy are in no need to fight for status whereas the poor are in search for a name for themselves in society. In San Bernardino, “this island is inhabited by a certain people who are considered very warlike by their neighbors. These eat human flesh” (26). The most notorious gang groups are the Crips and the Bloods and according to an article published by Stanford University it explains how this rivalry began where these groups “were extremely territorial and quite ardent in protecting their neighborhood against invasion by one another as well as other rival gangs.” The groups are made up of Hispanics and Blacks, likewise, the Indians had their groups too which stood by the defense of their territory. The Indians did not want the explorers to take over their land and dominate them and so they had to unite to fight against this ‘rival gang.’ Anglo-Saxons do not get involved with these types of gangs because of their past history with people of color. American literature as emphasized the hate between