School violence

Whether you love The Hunger Games movies, or you cannot stand them you must wonder why almost all of the young adults in the world are interested in them. The three of the four movies that have been released are all on the top 50 of the All Time Box Office most grossing films, and there is no doubt the fourth and final film will be up there not long after its release. The Hunger Games appeals to young adults because it illustrates their anxiety, it shadows the corrupt authorities, and the main…

Movies often portray the happenings of current culture – the current issues society is facing, the current fears and dreams society has, and the current messages producers feel the public should know. The Maze Runner, a film directed by Wes Ball and released in 2014, depicts a group of teenage boys who have lost their memory and must work together to escape the life-threatening maze they have been trapped in. Government versus society is the main idea this movie presents. The different ideas…

How to Knock Someone Out In sports it's a moment every fighting fan waits for, the knockout punch. Doctors will label it a concussion, however, for everyone else a knockout punch is a hard punch that renders your opponent unable to continue fighting. Moreover, it's an impressive and awesome sight, but do you know how to knock someone out? The anatomy of a knockout punch is a baffling, and incredibly quick series of actions and decisions made by a fighter's mind and body. Warning: A knockout…

The wind whistles. The owl hoots. The cricket chirps. The fan next to my bed spins on and on forever. While lying in my bed, I begin thinking about people I know and begin questioning why people talk the way they talk and act the way they act. Nevertheless, my perspective of several people, including relatives and friends, changed after reading your allegory because I began to notice that many people around me symbolize many characters in Christian’s life. Mr. Bunyan, your allegory changed my…

Who has Control now? “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” This is a powerful quote from Malcolm X and something that couldn’t be truer in today’s society. The media controls what we see and often controls us ourselves. We have a tendency to post blatantly to the internet without thinking of consequences because behind the protection of a…

Neil Gaiman opens The Ocean at the End of the Lane with the Maurice Sendak epigraph to foreshadow the idea that children are wiser than adults realize; both the epigraph and the novel suggest that children can appreciate some underlying truths about the world better than adults. The Maurice Sendak epigraph references this idea about children and their ability to comprehend road blocks in life better than adults can. The last two sentences say, “ But I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would…

It has great importance in everyday life. As children we are taught to respect our parents, teachers, elders, school rules, traffic laws, family cultural traditions, other peoples’ feelings and rights, our country’s flag and leaders, the truth and people differing opinions. Respect can be both given and received. Depending on an individual’s cultural reference frame…

In America 91% of the youth ages 2-17 play video games and that amount is rising(Camp, Jeffrey Van). Playing video games is more common in today's time than it was in the past, many more youth are affected as a result. There are many emotions that are involved in gaming, such as anger, aggression, calm, satisfaction. Gaming is a bonding mechanism.Certain skills are gained from playing games such as hand-eye, coordination, communication, etc. Kids in today’s society are affected differently by…

Sohrab was Hassan’s son. Hassan and his wife Faranza were shot in the head and killed by the Taliban. Also at the very end of the book Sohrab was told he was going to be put back into an orphanage for 2 years until Amir could get his parents death certificate. This mentally destroyed him to the point where he tried to kill himself. Sohrab also said he felt dirty and unloved and for that, he would spend hours scrubbing himself in the bathtub. The abuse that occurred in the orphanage was so bad…

Children are being abused, feed drugs and alcohol and ordered to kill people, are being held in trial for their crimes.Child soldier are children who are held in rebel groups.The rebel groups come to their villages and take them away from their families or kill their families. They are being trained to use guns and kill people. Child soldier should not be prosecuted. First reason child soldiers should not be prosecuted is because some of have no choice but to join rebel group. Children are…