2. The Task…
• We were to write and think about a quote given to us in class. We
wrote down for and against reasons for the quote, to give us more of
an understanding towards the person’s quote.
• We then shared our opinions with the rest of the class and they also
gave us their thoughts on the quote that we were given and discussed
the advantages and disadvantages considering the quote.
3. This quote was my group’s as we were
asked to write down the advantages and
disadvantages of it.
We broke apart the quote and looked at
the first sentence. ‘How a society channels
male aggression’ suggests that this is not
including how female aggression is
portrayed in the media. This quote is
excluding women and just focusing on the
male making them seem like the dominant
gender here.
Females can be aggressive, as there has
been many famous actresses such as
Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider. She is seen
as a fighter, a hero, someone who is
fearless and takes everything in her stride
whether it being aggressive or not.
‘Glorification’ - James Bond doesn’t suffer
the consequences for his actions as he
never leaves fight scenes with a scratch, he
always comes out alive.
4. I think that more people are
influenced to go out and smoke
cigarettes, and not everyone is
tempted to go out and kill
someone.
I think that people can release
their anger and emotions through
games, and use this instead of
going out and committing the real
crimes.
5. I disagree, I do not think that
violence is one of the most fun
things to watch.
I think that a good plot and
something that gets you thinking
is one of the most important and
interesting things in a movie.
I am against this because it could
encourage bad behaviour and
suggest that it is okay to be
violent towards people, mincing
the actions being shown in the
film.
6. If violence is not realistic then people
will not get a ‘gripping feel’ or wow
factor, it would not have the same effect
to it.
Although, this can encourage dangerous
behaviour, scare some people and
influence violence.
7. I think that you do sometimes
become desensitized to violence
because it is in a lot of films
nowadays, there is violence in the
news and on TV. I can see that some
people can get used to violence
being shown to them on a regular
basis.
