Gerard Jones's Violent Media Is Good For Kids

A story written in by Gerard Jones called Violent Media is Good for Kids that appeared in Mother Jones under the political section, written 28 June 2000. He is an author of several works to include fictional and non-fictional works. His written for Marvel Comics and other companies. The essay talks about his life, how he was sheltered from violence or what his family felt wasn’t appropriate because of his parents. However, it was his mom that got him hooked on comic books, she thought it would teach him about the bigger picture, he liked the violence. The comic books helped him evolve as a human. And as he evolved, so did his needs for greater substance or more complicated story lines. He argues that comics are healthy and that is teaches important lessons about life, emotions, and the interactions of life. I feel that his reason is logical because he builds his case as a sheltered child because of his parents and that it was comics that helped him grow as a person. Guess,
this would have to imply how Jones is as an adult to say this is true that he grew as a person, he said it helped him. If he liked comic books and as an adult he has written for Marvel Comics, that seems like success to me. He relates to the Hulk in the comics because they are both under socialized.
Jones is so, because his parents are sheltering him and well he said the Hulk was. You could say he has conducted surveys on the effects of comic books because he has talked to people from around the world that has said how comic books have helped them deal with emotional events in their life. Could there be some confirmation bias here, maybe. It fits his life store, yes. Does he write comic book stores, yes. I’m sure he is paid for his work, so he would have an interest to move his product. He does provide a detailed story about how his kid is scared to climb a tree. He then provides his child some comic books and with the help of the character Tarzan, the boy over comes his fear and climbs a tree. Tarzan does swing from trees and seems to be fearless in the jungle with his animal friends. If the kid idolizes the character, then maybe it inspired him to be brave and the world from a tree as his possible hero
does. The list goes on, he tells of other stories and how comics have helped kids overcome challenges in their life. He may even have a thing for arts in general, mostly he talks about social evolvement from comic books, but does also talks about a girl that was into gangster rap. She didn’t follow the crowd of heavy drug users. The women went onto college, becoming a writer and political activist. For the most part he seems to have sound arguments that violence and comic books are good for kids and is needed to allow for a person to grow. He makes his argument with story seem logical with real life events and even agrees that some people are inspired by violence that leads them to hurting people.