There is a role for violence in sports and a very important one as some people would argue. Some people may argue that it is the violence that attracts the fans to the sport. As mentioned in the short story, "Who Killed Benny Paret?", fans come to see someone punched out and passed out on the ground. It is when violence becomes excessive and people, participants, and viewers, start to get hurt for no reason that this violence starts to get questioned. I may not be an avid sports viewer, but for stories I've heard and highlights I've seen, I can argue that there is too much violence in sports.
Many people think that there isn't violence in baseball. Obviously, they've never seen a bench-clearing brawl. Izzy Alcantara who played for the Boston Red Sox Triple-A Team, is one good example of too much violence in sports. In 2001, he was hit by a ball and instead of taking his base, he kicked the catcher in the face and rushed the mound to punch the pitcher, which resulted in a bench-clearing brawl. Could this have been avoided? Of course this could have been avoided! Many people play sports to relive themselves from angst of their everyday lives, but this kicking the catcher and punching out the pitcher for a flukey ball is unacceptable.
Sports is just too violent for the participants, but for the viewers as well. On July 28, 1999, Lionel Tate, 12, killed his six-year-old playmate, Tiffany Eunick, while imitating a wrestling move he saw on television. One of my friends is an avid wrestling viewer and he argues that wrestling is all planned out with storylines and is not violent at all. But that's from an 18-year-olds perspective. What about from a 12-year-old's perspective? It is obvious that sports such as wrestling has too much of an influence on our children today. If there were stricter rules and more caution blatantly explaining to children that these stunts should not be tried at home and that those stunts have been practiced and perfected, then maybe this incident could have been avoided and this 12-year-old, now 16, could have avoided lifetime in prison.
The Great Gatsby- Essay The novel "The Great Gatsby" is a story about mistaken identity. ... "The Great Gatsby" is a man who threw great parties and lived in a mansion. ... In Gatsby's attempt to win Daisy back, he bought a great mansion with the millions that he inherited. ... This created a whole new look to Gatsby's identity. ... Later Jay Gatsby is killed by Mr. ...
The entire spectrum of social classes during the 1920's is represented in The Great Gatsby. ... The Great Gatsby accurately portrays the rich during the booming 1920's. ... In the first two chapters of The Great Gatsby, its title character is quite mysterious - an enormously wealthy, fun-loving local celebrity with a suspicious past who throws lavish weekly parties. ... As the novel progresses, we see that the myth of "the Great Gatsby" was created by Gatsby himself. ... In The Great Gatsby, the Valley of Ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of deso...
Deeper Thought: the symbolism of "The Great Gatsby" It is understood that in language, each word has a specific understood meaning, and each combination of words has a compiled meaning. ... Fitgerald used amazing symbolism throughout the book "The Great Gatsby", and it forces the reader to consider each word for more than face value. Because of the great quantity of underlying symbolism within the story, it is difficult to select just two aspects to focus on. ... Gatsby views Daisy as embodied perfection, and his longing for her is so great that the green light is like seeing true ...
Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby has qualities, which are the complete opposite of those of Tom Buchanan, his cousin-in-law. ... Gatz said something that Nick disagreed with, Nick still hesitantly, agreed with him, as to not hurt an old man's feelings; as apparent by the following quote: "If he lived, he would have been a great man. ... Willison, to Gatsby. ... What if I did tell him (Gatsby)? ... In The Great Gatsby, there are three illicit relationships: Gatsby and Daisy, Nick and Jordan, and Tom and Myrtle. ...
The Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. ... I think that the movie "The Great Gatsby" is sucessful in capturing the work of the author on screen. I think the movie we watched in class does a nice job at capturing the mood of The Great Gatsby. One example of the movie showing the mood described in the book were Gatsby's partys. ... One thing that bothered me were the changes made to the movie "The Great Gatsby" from the book. ...
The Great Gatsby Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. ... Even Gatsby's father knew when he said, "If he'd lived, he'd of been a great man." (169) Little did his father know that Gatsby was already great. ... Nick saw the greatness in Gatsby. ... Gatsby truly was a great man. ...
How is The Great Gatsby a portrait of the times? The book Great Gatsby explains in a clear way how life was during the 1920's in America. ... In "The Great Gatsby", life is portrayed during the 20's. ... When Gatsby and Daisy first met, Gatsby was in the war and was very poor. ... Gatsby's money is what is known as "new money." ...
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In the book, "The Great Gatsby," Daisy Buchanan is Tom Buchanan's wife, and Nick Carraway's second cousin. ... While Gatsby is off to war, Daisy meets a man named Tom Buchanan. ... Becoming involved with some illegal business deals, he makes a great deal of money. ... He also has many great parties in hope that Daisy would notice him. ... (This is a great example of Daisy's materialistic attitude.) ...
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