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Nicholas Howell

English II block 2

Ms. Mckoy

October 10, 2013

The Destroyer Called Television

 The Boy-What is this thing?

The Boy-It’s like a big black box.

 The Boy-What does this button do?

The Narrator-The boy presses the button and the Destroyer comes to life.

The Boy-Oh wait! My daddy has the toy.

The Narrator-The destroyed shows cartoons playing with a gun

And shoots one of them, but he’s fine. Boom Boom! Man that was fun.

The Destroyer-Yeah tom, guns are fun.

The Boy-I got to be quiet, don’t what to wake daddy

The Boy-There it is under the bed.

 The Narrator-The boy doesn’t realize what he is about to.

The Boy-I got to find John.

The Boy-John, John, John!

John-What man, what do you want?

The Boy-I got to show you something, it was on this thing.

John-Yeah want is it. Here stand there and the toy will point at you.

The Boy-Boom! John get up, get up. Wants wrong the man on the box was ok.

The Boy-Why isn’t he getting up?

The Boy-Why are people staring at me?

The Boy-Why are men taking my dad away?

The Boy-What am I going to do? The box lied to me, lied to me!

The Boy-I will never trust that evil monster again.

The Narrator-The Destroyer doesn’t care who it hurts.

The Narrator-It doesn’t have emotions.

The Narrator-The Destroyer will continue to kill happiness until someone stops it.

The Narrator-The Destroyer is pure evil.

The Boy-People are talking about me now!

The Boy-Most of the things are very bad, but the box did this to me. 

Early College High School

2050 Hwy, 501 E

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Conway, SC 29526

September 18 2013

The Sun News, 

Letter to the Editor, 

P.O. Box 406, 

Myrtle Beach, SC 29578

Dear Editor and Chief,

My name is Nicholas Howell. I am in the 10^th grade and I go to early college high school on Conway, SC

           

I am writing in response to television violence and the effects it has on children. I believe there should be more restrictions to the shows and movies presented on the screen. Many kids that watch television can be harmed in many ways from just watching a program. Many people might say my kid has watched a certain program and he’s fine, but every kid isn’t  the same and they all see things differently.

From my research on the topic I learned a child can become numb to the violence, or accept violence as a way to solve problems. If a child has a mental disorder, the child can pick up a violent habit. I believe with all my heart television should be restricted. Television has over the years gotten more and more violate. Do you not agree?

Thank so much for your time. I appreciate your help and hope to hear from you soon.

Nicholas Howell

English II

Block 2

Ms.Mckoy

September 11, 2013

The Effects Of Television Violence On Children

            When I was very little I would watch cartoon, TV shows, whatever that was on and my parents wouldn’t worry about it. In todays time most television revolves around violence and danger.   Parents are not aware of how the violence on television can harm their child health, mind, and the way they act.   I choose this topic because television is growing more violent each day and it could affect all the children that watch TV.

“Television shows that allow the character who commits a crime to receive no punishment teaches children that it’s all right to commit a crime”. (Children and TV Violence). A child watching a crime on TV can cause the child to later on commit a crime and get arrested in the process. Television puts a false statement into a child’s mind causing violence’s that can hurt the child and the area in which the child lives in.

Television can also affect the way a child sees everything. “They can become numb to the horror of violence or gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems.” (Effects of television violence pg 1) this explains that a child that sees violence will soon or later not be affected by the horror of violence. If a child watch a TV show solving a problem by fighting, the children can pick that up and use violence to get what it wants.

The behavior of the child is also affected by television programs. “The more televised violence a child watches, the more acceptable aggressive behavior becomes for the child”. (Huesmann, Moise pg 1). The quote is saying that if a child continuous watching violence it becomes like a habit or instinct for the child. A child that becomes familiar with violence might also use it to relieve guilt or stress that the child is feeling. Violence is never a health way to solve anything.

This issue has caught my attention for a while now and I intend to dive into research about the effects of television violence on children.           I would love to know how television affects the whole mind and if it can always cause violence in children. I feel that television should tone down on some of the programs and restrict programs that children are able to watch. I’m looking forward to taking this issue further and seeing if I can stop some of the violence on television in looking forward to taking this issue further and seeing if I can stop some of the violence on television in my community.