Analysis Of Violence: The Secret Recipe To Raise A Boy?

Violence: The secret recipe to raise a boy?

My 9-year-old girl came approached me this morning as she often does after waking up. Rubbing her half-closed eyes, she mumbled my name, “Dad…”, “Yes?” I answered with my eyes still glued on PC screen. “Do you know where Orlando is?” My fingers stopped typing. I knew where the question was going to lead. I took some moment, forcing and pushing my brain to come up with appropriate facts and words. Then I looked at her and smiled. “Well, Darling. Orlando is…”

I read three wonderful analysis from Nina, Brittany, and Denise this week. Nina and Brittany talked about their personal experience with The Outsiders and shared agreement on the advantage of children accessing certain level of violence through books as it “connects with students on a deeper level” and it “create[s] positive influence in children’s lives.” The last post by Denise is one that that is closest with my own VD post. She sensed then found that there was “a gentler side to the [development of the] characters” that Hinton had created. She went further exposing her findings that the detail physical descriptions of the characters, the condemnation of violence, and the exigency of family are three things that characteristically belong to female authors.
My mother was furious and told me how disappointed she was that I might have hurt somebody. She demanded that I apologize immediately. My dad, instead, simply messed up my hair, punched me lightly on the chest, winked and (in the coolest tone) said: “Take it easy son.” I was surprised at my dad’s reaction, and especially because he would usually mess up my hair for only two reasons: upon hearing my good performance at school or when I helped mom clean up family’s